RICK vs. PZZA, CBRL, BLMN, BJRI, JACK, BH, NATH, DIN, DENN, and RRGB
Should you be buying RCI Hospitality stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RCI Hospitality include Papa Johns International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Jack in the Box (JACK), Biglari (BH), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Denny's (DENN), and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
RCI Hospitality vs.
RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Papa Johns International received 235 more outperform votes than RCI Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.
Papa Johns International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 1.64%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 1.77% beat Papa Johns International's return on equity.
RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. RCI Hospitality pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International pays out 73.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 27 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Papa Johns International and 7 mentions for RCI Hospitality. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat RCI Hospitality's score of 0.17 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RCI Hospitality currently has a consensus price target of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 104.89%. Papa Johns International has a consensus price target of $55.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.40%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Papa Johns International.
Papa Johns International has higher revenue and earnings than RCI Hospitality. Papa Johns International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RCI Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RCI Hospitality and Papa Johns International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RICK) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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