JAKKS Pacific (JAKK) Competitors

JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, JAKK or RICK?

JAKKS Pacific has higher revenue and earnings than RCI Hospitality. JAKKS Pacific 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
JAKKS Pacific	$684.69M	0.28	$33.92M	$3.39	5.06
RCI Hospitality	$295.60M	1.05	$3.01M	$0.84	42.01

Does the media refer more to JAKK or RICK?

In the previous week, JAKKS Pacific had 5 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for JAKKS Pacific and 0 mentions for RCI Hospitality. JAKKS Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat RCI Hospitality's score of 0.00 indicating that JAKKS Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JAKKS Pacific	Neutral
RCI Hospitality	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JAKK or RICK?

44.4% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, JAKK or RICK?

JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JAKK or RICK a better dividend stock?

JAKKS Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. JAKKS Pacific pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RCI Hospitality pays out 33.3% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. JAKKS Pacific is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate JAKK or RICK?

JAKKS Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 153.79%. RCI Hospitality has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 177.70%. Given RCI Hospitality's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than JAKKS Pacific.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JAKKS Pacific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
RCI Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is JAKK or RICK more profitable?

JAKKS Pacific has a net margin of 5.62% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 2.53%. JAKKS Pacific's return on equity of 15.13% beat RCI Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JAKKS Pacific	5.62%	15.13%	8.03%
RCI Hospitality	2.53%	2.71%	1.23%

Summary

JAKKS Pacific beats RCI Hospitality on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.