Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) Competitors

Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend KRUS or TNL?

Kura Sushi USA presently has a consensus target price of $77.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.51%. Travel + Leisure has a consensus target price of $59.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.26%. Given Kura Sushi USA's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kura Sushi USA is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kura Sushi USA	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Travel + Leisure	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KRUS or TNL?

65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, KRUS or TNL?

Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KRUS or TNL more profitable?

Travel + Leisure has a net margin of 10.63% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -3.08%. Kura Sushi USA's return on equity of -0.50% beat Travel + Leisure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kura Sushi USA	-3.08%	-0.50%	-0.26%
Travel + Leisure	10.63%	-45.75%	5.98%

Does the media refer more to KRUS or TNL?

In the previous week, Travel + Leisure had 6 more articles in the media than Kura Sushi USA. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Travel + Leisure and 6 mentions for Kura Sushi USA. Travel + Leisure's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 1.07 indicating that Travel + Leisure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kura Sushi USA	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Travel + Leisure	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KRUS or TNL?

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travel + Leisure, 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
Kura Sushi USA	$258.44M	2.88	-$8.80M	-$0.90	-68.34
Travel + Leisure	$3.88B	0.81	$396M	$5.99	7.89

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KRUS or TNL?

Kura Sushi USA received 57 more outperform votes than Travel + Leisure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Travel + Leisure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kura Sushi USA	Outperform Votes 90 58.44%	Underperform Votes 64 41.56%
Travel + Leisure	Outperform Votes 33 44.00%	Underperform Votes 42 56.00%

Summary

Travel + Leisure beats Kura Sushi USA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.