Financial Survey: RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) vs. Sports Field (OTCMKTS:SFHI)

RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Sports Field (OTCMKTS:SFHI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares RCI Hospitality and Sports Field”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RCI Hospitality	$295.60 million	0.68	$3.01 million	$1.86	12.42
Sports Field	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

RCI Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Sports Field.

Profitability

This table compares RCI Hospitality and Sports Field’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RCI Hospitality	5.88%	6.19%	2.81%
Sports Field	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for RCI Hospitality and Sports Field, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RCI Hospitality	1	0	1	0	2.00
Sports Field	0	0	0	0	0.00

RCI Hospitality presently has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 324.24%. Given RCI Hospitality’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Sports Field.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of RCI Hospitality shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Sports Field shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Sports Field on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About RCI Hospitality

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the hospitality and related businesses in the United States. It operates in Nightclubs, Bombshells, and Media Group segments. The company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries own and/or operates upscale adult nightclubs serving primarily businessmen and professionals under the Rick's Cabaret, Jaguars Club, Tootsie's Cabaret, XTC Cabaret, Club Onyx, Hoops Cabaret and Sports Bar, Scarlett's Cabaret, Temptations Adult Cabaret, Foxy's Cabaret, Vivid Cabaret, Downtown Cabaret, Cabaret East, The Seville, Silver City Cabaret, and Kappa Men's Club. Wholly-owned subsidiaries also operate restaurants and sports bars under the Bombshells Restaurant & Bar brand; and dance clubs under the Studio 80 brand. As of February 11, 2019, the company operated 46 units, including 39 nightclub units and 7 Bombshell units. In addition, it owns two national industry trade publications serving the adult nightclubs industry and the adult retail products industry; a national industry convention and tradeshow; and two national industry award shows, as well as approximately a dozen industry and social media Websites. The company founded in 1983 as Rick's Cabaret International, Inc., changed its name to RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. in August 2014, and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Sports Field

Sports Field Holdings, Inc. designs and builds athletic facilities. The firm through its subsidiary, FirstForm, Inc. engages in the design, engineering and construction of athletic facilities and sports complexes. It also designs, develops and manufactures sports surfacing products and associated pre-engineered construction systems. The company was founded on February 8, 2011 and is headquartered in St. Charles, IL.