Head to Head Survey: Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) vs. Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS)

Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) and Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by institutional investors. 85.0% of Sportradar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Sportradar Group has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sportradar Group and Kura Sushi USA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sportradar Group	1.23%	1.89%	0.65%
Kura Sushi USA	-0.65%	-0.18%	-0.09%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sportradar Group and Kura Sushi USA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sportradar Group	1	8	9	2	2.60
Kura Sushi USA	1	6	4	0	2.27

Sportradar Group presently has a consensus price target of $20.31, suggesting a potential upside of 57.58%. Kura Sushi USA has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.12%. Given Sportradar Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sportradar Group is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sportradar Group and Kura Sushi USA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sportradar Group	$1.46 billion	2.65	$113.50 million	$0.06	214.83
Kura Sushi USA	$282.76 million	2.09	-$1.90 million	($0.18)	-269.72

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

Summary

Sportradar Group beats Kura Sushi USA on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sportradar Group

Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.

About Kura Sushi USA

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. operates technology-enabled Japanese restaurants in the United States. The company was formerly known as Kula Sushi USA, Inc. and changed its name to Kura Sushi USA, Inc. in October 2017. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Kura Sushi USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of Kura Sushi, Inc.