WING vs. YUMC, QSR, IHG, HTHT, ARMK, BROS, CAVA, RRR, WH, and ATAT
Should you be buying Wingstop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wingstop include Yum China (YUMC), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), H World Group (HTHT), Aramark (ARMK), Dutch Bros (BROS), CAVA Group (CAVA), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Wingstop vs. Its Competitors
Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) and Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Yum China shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Wingstop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Yum China has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Yum China is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yum China has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wingstop has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wingstop has a net margin of 25.61% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.04%. Yum China's return on equity of 14.13% beat Wingstop's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wingstop had 17 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Wingstop and 8 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Wingstop's score of 0.34 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Yum China pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wingstop pays out 20.0% 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 and Wingstop has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
Yum China currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.79%. Wingstop has a consensus target price of $376.92, suggesting a potential upside of 49.58%. Given Wingstop's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Yum China.
Summary
Wingstop beats Yum China on 13 of the 20 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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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
