Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) Competitors

Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KRUS or RICK?

RCI Hospitality received 186 more outperform votes than Kura Sushi USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.90% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kura Sushi USA	Outperform Votes 84 61.31%	Underperform Votes 53 38.69%
RCI Hospitality	Outperform Votes 270 64.90%	Underperform Votes 146 35.10%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KRUS or RICK?

RCI Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Kura Sushi USA 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
Kura Sushi USA	$226.78M	4.02	$1.50M	-$0.07	-1,159.57
RCI Hospitality	$297.62M	1.32	$29.25M	$2.04	20.58

Does the media prefer KRUS or RICK?

In the previous week, Kura Sushi USA had 5 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kura Sushi USA and 1 mentions for RCI Hospitality. Kura Sushi USA's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat RCI Hospitality's score of 0.00 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in KRUS or RICK?

65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, KRUS or RICK?

Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KRUS or RICK?

Kura Sushi USA currently has a consensus price target of $72.38, indicating a potential downside of 10.84%. RCI Hospitality has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.61%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kura Sushi USA	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
RCI Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is KRUS or RICK more profitable?

RCI Hospitality has a net margin of 1.67% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of -0.30%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 1.76% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kura Sushi USA	-0.30%	-0.07%	-0.04%
RCI Hospitality	1.67%	1.76%	0.81%

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Kura Sushi USA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.