RCI Hospitality (RICK) Competitors

RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Papa Johns International (NASDAQ:PZZA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RICK or PZZA?

Papa Johns International has higher revenue and earnings than RCI Hospitality. Papa Johns International 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
RCI Hospitality	$286.77M	1.26	$3.01M	$0.84	49.06
Papa Johns International	$2.06B	0.65	$82.10M	$2.35	17.36

Which has more volatility & risk, RICK or PZZA?

RCI Hospitality has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Papa Johns International has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RICK or PZZA?

In the previous week, Papa Johns International had 8 more articles in the media than RCI Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Papa Johns International and 3 mentions for RCI Hospitality. RCI Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Papa Johns International's score of 0.78 indicating that RCI Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RCI Hospitality	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Papa Johns International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RICK or PZZA?

RCI Hospitality presently has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 137.81%. Papa Johns International has a consensus target price of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.64%. Given RCI Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Papa Johns International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RCI Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Papa Johns International	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is RICK or PZZA more profitable?

Papa Johns International has a net margin of 4.51% compared to RCI Hospitality's net margin of 1.64%. RCI Hospitality's return on equity of 1.77% beat Papa Johns International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RCI Hospitality	1.64%	1.77%	0.81%
Papa Johns International	4.51%	-19.61%	10.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RICK or PZZA?

Papa Johns International received 238 more outperform votes than RCI Hospitality when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.49% of users gave RCI Hospitality an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Papa Johns International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RCI Hospitality	Outperform Votes 279 65.49%	Underperform Votes 147 34.51%
Papa Johns International	Outperform Votes 517 61.77%	Underperform Votes 320 38.23%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RICK or PZZA?

53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Papa Johns International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RICK or PZZA a better dividend stock?

RCI Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Papa Johns International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. RCI Hospitality pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Papa Johns International pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RCI Hospitality has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Papa Johns International has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Papa Johns International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.