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NASDAQ:KRUS

Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) Competitors

$66.12
-0.27 (-0.41%)
(As of 09/29/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$65.46
$68.55
50-Day Range
$65.69
$99.51
52-Week Range
$37.97
$110.00
Volume
117,828 shs
Average Volume
151,432 shs
Market Capitalization
$734.39 million
P/E Ratio
1,653.41
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$86.75

KRUS vs. DIN, PTLO, CHUY, BJRI, FWRG, DENN, BH, TAST, NATH, and PBPB

Should you be buying Kura Sushi USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kura Sushi USA include Dine Brands Global (DIN), Portillo's (PTLO), Chuy's (CHUY), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), Denny's (DENN), Biglari (BH), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Nathan's Famous (NATH), and Potbelly (PBPB). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.

Kura Sushi USA vs.

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

Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dine Brands Global has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

62.9% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Kura Sushi USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Dine Brands Global shares are owned 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.

Dine Brands Global has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. Dine Brands Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kura Sushi USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kura Sushi USA$174.50M4.21-$760K$0.041,653.00
Dine Brands Global$909.40M0.85$81.11M$4.9410.01

In the previous week, Kura Sushi USA had 2 more articles in the media than Dine Brands Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kura Sushi USA and 2 mentions for Dine Brands Global. Dine Brands Global's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 0.91 indicating that Dine Brands Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kura Sushi USA
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dine Brands Global
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Kura Sushi USA presently has a consensus target price of $86.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.20%. Dine Brands Global has a consensus target price of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.55%. Given Dine Brands Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dine Brands Global 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Dine Brands Global
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Dine Brands Global received 540 more outperform votes than Kura Sushi USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Dine Brands Global an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kura Sushi USAOutperform Votes
72
63.72%
Underperform Votes
41
36.28%
Dine Brands GlobalOutperform Votes
612
70.43%
Underperform Votes
257
29.57%

Dine Brands Global has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of 0.28%. Kura Sushi USA's return on equity of 0.61% beat Dine Brands Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kura Sushi USA0.28% 0.61% 0.29%
Dine Brands Global 9.03%-36.32%5.85%

Summary

Dine Brands Global beats Kura Sushi USA on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KRUS vs. The Competition

MetricKura Sushi USAEating places IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$737.39M$7.53B$17.06B$6.29B
Dividend YieldN/A3.60%182.06%6.56%
P/E Ratio1,653.4158.6724.2613.62
Price / Sales4.211.888.8354.67
Price / Cash126.8318.0614.70103.11
Price / Book6.875.254.734.67
Net Income-$760,000.00$228.63M$538.62M$186.31M
7 Day Performance-3.74%-0.65%0.49%0.30%
1 Month Performance-23.38%-9.09%-7.52%-5.74%
1 Year Performance-9.67%5.73%5.17%6.26%

Kura Sushi USA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIN
Dine Brands Global
3.0233 of 5 stars
$49.36
-1.9%
$69.50
+40.8%
-23.2%$782.53M$863.37M9.993,008Positive News
PTLO
Portillo's
2.2648 of 5 stars
$15.29
-2.1%
$24.80
+62.2%
-23.4%$842.48M$587.10M66.488,040
CHUY
Chuy's
2.0306 of 5 stars
$34.71
+0.2%
$41.50
+19.6%
+48.6%$626.17M$422.21M23.947,400
BJRI
BJ's Restaurants
2.7481 of 5 stars
$22.77
-2.1%
$37.64
+65.3%
-1.9%$548.07M$1.35B30.3622,000
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
2.5761 of 5 stars
$16.99
-2.8%
$21.00
+23.6%
+19.2%$1.01B$730.16M62.9312,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
DENN
Denny's
2.6314 of 5 stars
$8.40
-0.1%
$13.50
+60.7%
-10.7%$466.20M$456.43M12.543,300Short Interest ↑
BH
Biglari
0 of 5 stars
$166.01
+0.4%
N/A+40.9%$378.50M$368.23M0.452,559Negative News
TAST
Carrols Restaurant Group
1.9217 of 5 stars
$6.56
-0.5%
$7.63
+16.2%
+314.5%$357.45M$1.73B-21.1624,300
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.3235 of 5 stars
$71.53
-1.2%
N/A+11.2%$291.84M$130.79M14.72138Analyst Downgrade
PBPB
Potbelly
2.908 of 5 stars
$7.81
-1.1%
N/A+66.7%$228.99M$451.97M18.606,000Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:KRUS) was last updated on 9/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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