HTHT vs. QSR, IHG, YUMC, ARMK, BROS, CAVA, WING, WH, RRR, and SHAK
Should you be buying H World Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H World Group include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), Yum China (YUMC), Aramark (ARMK), Dutch Bros (BROS), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wingstop (WING), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Shake Shack (SHAK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
H World Group vs. Its Competitors
H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
H World Group has a net margin of 13.74% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 10.82%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.94% beat H World Group's return on equity.
H World Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Restaurant Brands International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than H World Group. H World Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H World Group presently has a consensus target price of $40.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.60%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $75.65, suggesting a potential upside of 8.83%. Given H World Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe H World Group is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
46.4% of H World Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 6 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 3 mentions for H World Group. H World Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.90 indicating that H World Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
H World Group pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. H World Group pays out 131.9% 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 pays out 84.1% 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.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats H World Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTHT) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff