RCI Hospitality (RICK) Competitors

RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is RICK or PZZA more profitable?

Papa Johns International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 1.67%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 1.76% beat Papa Johns International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RCI Hospitality	1.67%	1.76%	0.81%
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%

Is RICK or PZZA a better dividend stock?

RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. RCI Hospitality pays out 87.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Papa Johns International pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RICK or PZZA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RCI Hospitality	$297.62M	1.72	$29.25M	$0.32	177.50
Papa Johns International	$2.10B	0.60	$82.10M	$2.87	13.56

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RICK or PZZA?

53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Papa Johns International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor RICK or PZZA?

In the previous week, RCI Hospitality had 16 more articles in the media than Papa Johns International. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for RCI Hospitality and 7 mentions for Papa Johns International. Papa Johns International's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat RCI Hospitality's score of 0.31 indicating that Papa Johns International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RCI Hospitality	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Papa Johns International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RICK or PZZA?

Papa Johns International received 233 more outperform votes than RCI Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.08% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.75% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RCI Hospitality	Outperform Votes 274 65.08%	Underperform Votes 147 34.92%
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 507 61.75%	Underperform Votes 314 38.25%

Do analysts recommend RICK or PZZA?

RCI Hospitality currently has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.54%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $60.82, suggesting a potential upside of 56.30%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Papa Johns International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RCI Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Papa Johns International	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has more risk & volatility, RICK or PZZA?

RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RCI Hospitality and Papa Johns International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.