DPZ vs. YUM, DRI, TXRH, EAT, CAKE, WEN, PZZA, CBRL, BJRI, and BLMN
Should you be buying Domino's Pizza stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Domino's Pizza include Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Wendy's (WEN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), and Bloomin' Brands (BLMN). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Domino's Pizza vs. Its Competitors
Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Domino's Pizza currently has a consensus target price of $487.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.62%. Yum! Brands has a consensus target price of $157.86, indicating a potential upside of 6.89%. Given Domino's Pizza's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Domino's Pizza is more favorable than Yum! Brands.
Yum! Brands has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Domino's Pizza's net margin of 12.84%. Domino's Pizza's return on equity of -15.45% beat Yum! Brands' return on equity.
94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Domino's Pizza pays an annual dividend of $6.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Domino's Pizza pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum! Brands pays out 56.6% 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. Domino's Pizza has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Yum! Brands has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Yum! Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum! Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum! Brands has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Yum! Brands had 10 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Yum! Brands and 22 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Yum! Brands' score of 0.98 indicating that Domino's Pizza is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Domino's Pizza beats Yum! Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DPZ) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
