Atour Lifestyle (ATAT) Competitors

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

Does the media favor YUMC or ATAT?

In the previous week, Yum China had 6 more articles in the media than Atour Lifestyle. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Yum China and 5 mentions for Atour Lifestyle. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Atour Lifestyle's score of 0.60 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yum China	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Atour Lifestyle	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is YUMC or ATAT more profitable?

Atour Lifestyle has a net margin of 16.39% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.09%. Atour Lifestyle's return on equity of 43.91% beat Yum China's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum China	8.09%	14.08%	8.05%
Atour Lifestyle	16.39%	43.91%	16.64%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of YUMC or ATAT?

85.6% of Yum China shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Yum China shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend YUMC or ATAT?

Yum China presently has a consensus price target of $48.70, indicating a potential upside of 6.42%. Atour Lifestyle has a consensus price target of $36.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.04%. Given Atour Lifestyle's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atour Lifestyle is more favorable than Yum China.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum China	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Atour Lifestyle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, YUMC or ATAT?

Yum China has higher revenue and earnings than Atour Lifestyle. Yum China 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
Yum China	$11.30B	1.50	$911M	$2.39	19.15
Atour Lifestyle	$992.96M	4.72	$174.72M	$1.26	26.90

Which has more volatility & risk, YUMC or ATAT?

Yum China has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atour Lifestyle has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is YUMC or ATAT a better dividend stock?

Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Atour Lifestyle pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Yum China pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atour Lifestyle pays out 31.0% 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. Yum China has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Yum China is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Yum China beats Atour Lifestyle on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.