Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer KRUS or BH.A?

Kura Sushi USA presently has a consensus target price of $92.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.83%. Given Kura Sushi USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kura Sushi USA is more favorable than Biglari.

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
Biglari	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KRUS or BH.A?

Biglari has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Biglari, 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	$237.86M	4.31	-$8.80M	-$0.80	-106.01
Biglari	$362.11M	9.84	$333.66M	$146.34	10.68

Which has more risk & volatility, KRUS or BH.A?

Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biglari has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KRUS or BH.A?

65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Biglari shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.9% of Biglari shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KRUS or BH.A more profitable?

Biglari has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -3.48%. Biglari's return on equity of 0.00% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kura Sushi USA	-3.48%	-0.49%	-0.27%
Biglari	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer KRUS or BH.A?

In the previous week, Kura Sushi USA had 5 more articles in the media than Biglari. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kura Sushi USA and 1 mentions for Biglari. Kura Sushi USA's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Biglari's score of 0.70 indicating that Kura Sushi USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kura Sushi USA	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Biglari	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Biglari beats Kura Sushi USA on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.