Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (KRUS) vs Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA)

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. and Papa John's International, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Papa John's International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $654.8M against $450.4M — 1.5× the size. Kura Sushi USA, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Papa John's International, Inc. trades at 25.5×. Kura Sushi USA, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.1% against −8.26%. Papa John's International, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.31% vs −1.41%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.1% vs −1.78%). Across the 19 metrics below, Papa John's International, Inc. leads on 13 and Kura Sushi USA, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KRUS PZZA Restaurants median
P/E n/m 25.52 23.91
P/S 1.00 0.34 1.01
P/B 1.41 n/m 2.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 45.75 17.98
EV/EBITDA 22.98 8.04 12.67
EV/Sales 0.86 0.71 1.28
Earnings yield (1.41%) 3.92% 2.51%
Free cash flow yield (7.99%) 2.19% 3.29%

Profitability

Metric KRUS PZZA Restaurants median
Gross margin 10.90% 28.86% 35.13%
Operating margin (2.01%) 4.32% 3.98%
Net margin (1.41%) 1.31% 2.02%
Free cash flow margin (7.98%) 0.74% 2.13%
Return on equity (2.01%) (5.82%) 4.57%
Return on assets (1.02%) 3.03% 1.50%
Return on invested capital (1.78%) 19.05% 3.37%

Growth

Metric KRUS PZZA Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.10% (8.26%) 5.52%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (137.50%) (64.57%) (5.05%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.30% 2.52% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (6.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric KRUS PZZA Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 (1.68) 0.20
Current ratio 1.24 0.77 0.77
Net debt to EBITDA (6.49) 3.91 0.43

Dividend

Metric KRUS PZZA Restaurants median
Dividend yield — 7.03% 1.83%
Payout ratio — 1.82 0.44

Size

Metric KRUS PZZA Restaurants median
Market cap 450.39m 654.81m 597.81m

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