FATBB vs. MCD, CMG, YUM, QSR, DRI, YUMC, WING, TXRH, CAVA, and ARMK
Should you be buying FAT Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FAT Brands include McDonald's (MCD), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum China (YUMC), Wingstop (WING), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), CAVA Group (CAVA), and Aramark (ARMK). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FATBB) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
70.3% of McDonald's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of McDonald's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.9% of FAT Brands shares are held by company 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.
McDonald's received 2031 more outperform votes than FAT Brands when rated by MarketBeat users.
McDonald's presently has a consensus price target of $316.15, suggesting a potential upside of 23.39%. Given FAT Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe McDonald's is more favorable than FAT Brands.
In the previous week, McDonald's had 26 more articles in the media than FAT Brands. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for McDonald's and 0 mentions for FAT Brands. FAT Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat McDonald's' score of 0.00 indicating that McDonald's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McDonald's has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FAT Brands has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McDonald's pays an annual dividend of $6.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. FAT Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. McDonald's pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FAT Brands pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FAT Brands has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. FAT Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
McDonald's has a net margin of 33.36% compared to McDonald's' net margin of -18.28%. McDonald's' return on equity of 0.00% beat FAT Brands' return on equity.
McDonald's has higher revenue and earnings than FAT Brands. FAT Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McDonald's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
McDonald's beats FAT Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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