Critical Survey: Bluegreen Vacations (OTCMKTS:BVHBB) vs. RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK)

RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) and Bluegreen Vacations (OTCMKTS:BVHBB) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares RCI Hospitality and Bluegreen Vacations”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RCI Hospitality	$295.60 million	0.74	$3.01 million	$1.86	13.53
Bluegreen Vacations	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

RCI Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Bluegreen Vacations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for RCI Hospitality and Bluegreen Vacations, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RCI Hospitality	1	0	1	0	2.00
Bluegreen Vacations	0	0	0	0	0.00

RCI Hospitality currently has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 289.51%. Given RCI Hospitality’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RCI Hospitality is more favorable than Bluegreen Vacations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.8% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Bluegreen Vacations shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of RCI Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 88.2% of Bluegreen Vacations shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares RCI Hospitality and Bluegreen Vacations’ 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%
Bluegreen Vacations	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

RCI Hospitality beats Bluegreen Vacations on 8 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 Bluegreen Vacations

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corporation operates as a vacation ownership company. The company markets and sells vacation ownership interests (VOI); and manages resorts in leisure and urban destinations, including Orlando, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, Charleston and New Orleans, and others. It also provides resort management, mortgage, title, reservation, and construction design and development services; and financing to qualified VOI purchasers, as well as management services to the vacation club and homeowners' associations. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.