JAKKS Pacific (JAKK) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend JAKK or RICK?

JAKKS Pacific presently has a consensus price target of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 134.25%. RCI Hospitality has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 158.92%. Given RCI Hospitality's higher probable 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

Does the media prefer JAKK or RICK?

In the previous week, JAKKS Pacific had 1 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JAKKS Pacific and 1 mentions for RCI Hospitality. JAKKS Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat RCI Hospitality's score of 0.00 indicating that JAKKS Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JAKKS Pacific	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RCI Hospitality	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is JAKK or RICK more profitable?

RCI Hospitality has a net margin of 5.88% compared to JAKKS Pacific's net margin of 5.62%. 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	5.88%	6.19%	2.81%

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 5.4%. RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. JAKKS Pacific pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RCI Hospitality pays out 15.1% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	$691.04M	0.30	$33.92M	$3.39	5.48
RCI Hospitality	$295.60M	1.12	$3.01M	$1.86	20.35

Which has more volatility and risk, JAKK or RICK?

JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Summary

JAKKS Pacific and RCI Hospitality tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.