Atour Lifestyle (ATAT) Competitors

Atour Lifestyle (NASDAQ:ATAT) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts prefer ATAT or QSR?

Atour Lifestyle presently has a consensus target price of $36.63, suggesting a potential downside of 7.21%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $75.04, suggesting a potential upside of 19.28%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Atour Lifestyle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atour Lifestyle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has more risk & volatility, ATAT or QSR?

Atour Lifestyle has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATAT or QSR more profitable?

Atour Lifestyle has a net margin of 16.52% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 9.43%. Atour Lifestyle's return on equity of 45.66% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atour Lifestyle	16.52%	45.66%	17.62%
Restaurant Brands International	9.43%	29.54%	5.83%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ATAT or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and earnings than Atour Lifestyle. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atour Lifestyle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atour Lifestyle	$992.96M	5.49	$174.72M	$1.38	28.60
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.45	$1.02B	$2.64	23.83

Does the media prefer ATAT or QSR?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 10 more articles in the media than Atour Lifestyle. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 5 mentions for Atour Lifestyle. Atour Lifestyle's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.55 indicating that Atour Lifestyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atour Lifestyle	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ATAT or QSR?

17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ATAT or QSR a better dividend stock?

Atour Lifestyle pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Atour Lifestyle pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Restaurant Brands International has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Atour Lifestyle on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.