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WING vs. YUMC, QSR, IHG, HTHT, ARMK, BROS, CAVA, WH, RRR, 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), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Wingstop vs. Its Competitors

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wingstop25.61% -17.07% 16.53%
Yum China 8.04%14.13%8.19%

Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Wingstop pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 39.7% 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. Wingstop has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Yum China has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Wingstop had 19 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Wingstop and 5 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Wingstop's score of 0.31 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wingstop
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Yum China
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Wingstop has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wingstop$625.81M10.99$108.72M$6.0041.05
Yum China$11.30B1.39$911M$2.4217.87

85.6% of Yum China shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Yum China shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Wingstop presently has a consensus price target of $366.73, suggesting a potential upside of 48.91%. Yum China has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.76%. Given Wingstop's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Yum China.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wingstop
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Yum China
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

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WING vs. The Competition

MetricWingstopRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.99B$10.95B$27.18B$10.55B
Dividend Yield0.48%3.17%172.45%4.78%
P/E Ratio41.0532.2419.4327.19
Price / Sales10.991.858.78132.96
Price / Cash56.5415.0861.8462.13
Price / Book-10.654.425.096.65
Net Income$108.72M$405.78M$911.72M$276.79M
7 Day Performance2.08%2.75%2.28%1.75%
1 Month Performance-4.19%-2.03%-4.02%5.15%
1 Year Performance-34.07%-13.07%14.23%36.96%

Wingstop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WING
Wingstop
3.7864 of 5 stars
$246.27
-1.6%
$366.73
+48.9%
-34.8%$6.99B$625.81M41.051,335Analyst Forecast
YUMC
Yum China
4.9234 of 5 stars
$43.10
+1.1%
$60.00
+39.2%
-1.9%$15.68B$11.43B17.81351,000Positive News
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.216 of 5 stars
$66.75
-0.1%
$75.13
+12.5%
-6.6%$21.88B$9.11B25.2837,600Analyst Forecast
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
2.3634 of 5 stars
$122.71
+1.3%
N/A+5.0%$18.73B$5.12B21.7612,587
HTHT
H World Group
2.3531 of 5 stars
$37.31
+0.3%
$40.80
+9.4%
-3.0%$11.48B$24.29B22.4828,502Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARMK
Aramark
4.6909 of 5 stars
$39.84
+1.3%
$45.33
+13.8%
-2.3%$10.47B$17.40B29.51266,680Analyst Forecast
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.1977 of 5 stars
$52.41
+7.2%
$79.88
+52.4%
+56.3%$8.62B$1.28B111.5226,000Analyst Forecast
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CAVA
CAVA Group
3.8628 of 5 stars
$63.30
+1.9%
$95.50
+50.9%
-52.8%$7.34B$963.71M53.208,100
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.5207 of 5 stars
$77.18
+1.8%
$106.81
+38.4%
-4.8%$5.89B$1.45B18.032,200Upcoming Earnings
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.7746 of 5 stars
$55.86
+0.2%
$60.82
+8.9%
+11.8%$5.89B$1.99B19.009,300Analyst Revision
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
3.2417 of 5 stars
$35.34
+1.3%
$38.90
+10.1%
+38.3%$4.88B$992.96M25.615,488Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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