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DNUT vs. MCD, CSAN, CWH, VSCO, SVV, RVLV, GO, GRDN, ARHS, and SPH

Should you be buying Krispy Kreme stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Krispy Kreme include McDonald's (MCD), Cosan (CSAN), Camping World (CWH), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Savers Value Village (SVV), Revolve Group (RVLV), Grocery Outlet (GO), Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN), Arhaus (ARHS), and Suburban Propane Partners (SPH).

Krispy Kreme vs. Its Competitors

Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

McDonald's has higher revenue and earnings than Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McDonald's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Krispy Kreme$1.67B0.45$3.10M-$0.13-34.00
McDonald's$25.92B8.23$8.22B$11.3326.32

McDonald's has a net margin of 31.75% compared to Krispy Kreme's net margin of -1.36%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of -2.13% beat McDonald's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Krispy Kreme-1.36% -2.13% -0.81%
McDonald's 31.75%-195.27%15.21%

Krispy Kreme pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. McDonald's pays an annual dividend of $7.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Krispy Kreme pays out -107.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McDonald's pays out 62.5% 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. McDonald's has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years. Krispy Kreme is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Krispy Kreme currently has a consensus target price of $7.58, suggesting a potential upside of 71.38%. McDonald's has a consensus target price of $322.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Given Krispy Kreme's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than McDonald's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Krispy Kreme
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
McDonald's
2 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of McDonald's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, McDonald's had 38 more articles in the media than Krispy Kreme. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for McDonald's and 34 mentions for Krispy Kreme. McDonald's' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Krispy Kreme's score of 0.36 indicating that McDonald's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Krispy Kreme
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
McDonald's
50 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

McDonald's beats Krispy Kreme on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DNUT vs. The Competition

MetricKrispy KremeCONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$735.53M$33.37B$16.30B$9.51B
Dividend Yield3.25%2.54%3.14%4.01%
P/E Ratio-34.0032.5520.1020.05
Price / Sales0.451.8646.2199.42
Price / Cash6.1516.8715.0258.56
Price / Book0.658.596.135.87
Net Income$3.10M$1.19B$691.82M$258.55M
7 Day Performance41.21%3.90%1.15%2.23%
1 Month Performance71.98%7.85%4.43%12.76%
1 Year Performance-59.23%-1.35%1.21%19.36%

Krispy Kreme Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DNUT
Krispy Kreme
4.3152 of 5 stars
$4.42
+2.6%
$7.58
+71.4%
-59.2%$735.53M$1.67B-34.0021,000Trending News
MCD
McDonald's
4.583 of 5 stars
$295.62
-0.5%
$319.72
+8.2%
+16.3%$211.38B$25.92B26.09150,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
CSAN
Cosan
4.9089 of 5 stars
$4.17
-1.4%
$19.00
+355.6%
-55.3%$1.97B$8.15B0.0012,090
CWH
Camping World
3.9143 of 5 stars
$17.48
+1.0%
$22.44
+28.4%
-11.2%$1.77B$6.10B0.0013,060Upcoming Earnings
VSCO
Victoria's Secret & Co.
2.9669 of 5 stars
$19.90
+4.5%
$24.64
+23.8%
+16.1%$1.59B$6.23B9.9531,000Positive News
SVV
Savers Value Village
2.0123 of 5 stars
$10.02
-1.2%
$12.29
+22.7%
+7.2%$1.55B$1.54B66.7722,700News Coverage
RVLV
Revolve Group
3.3389 of 5 stars
$21.25
-0.7%
$26.27
+23.6%
+23.8%$1.51B$1.13B30.791,632News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GO
Grocery Outlet
1.7555 of 5 stars
$13.76
-0.1%
$15.62
+13.5%
-25.8%$1.35B$4.37B18.362,307Analyst Revision
GRDN
Guardian Pharmacy Services
1.863 of 5 stars
$20.86
+2.8%
$25.67
+23.1%
N/A$1.28B$1.23B0.003,400News Coverage
ARHS
Arhaus
3.3195 of 5 stars
$8.55
+0.9%
$10.50
+22.8%
-40.3%$1.19B$1.27B21.172,550Positive News
SPH
Suburban Propane Partners
1.4261 of 5 stars
$18.26
-0.8%
$17.00
-6.9%
-0.1%$1.19B$1.42B12.683,098News Coverage
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:DNUT) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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