Wingstop (WING) Competitors

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WING or QSR?

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to WING or QSR?

In the previous week, Wingstop had 27 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Wingstop and 14 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Wingstop's score of 0.60 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wingstop	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WING or QSR?

Wingstop has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WING or QSR a better dividend stock?

Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Wingstop pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is WING or QSR more profitable?

Wingstop has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wingstop	17.37%	-21.59%	20.86%
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WING or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 74 more outperform votes than Wingstop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.73% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote while only 60.51% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wingstop	Outperform Votes 608 61.73%	Underperform Votes 377 38.27%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 682 60.51%	Underperform Votes 445 39.49%

Do analysts recommend WING or QSR?

Wingstop currently has a consensus target price of $327.61, indicating a potential upside of 24.15%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $76.04, indicating a potential upside of 17.90%. Given Wingstop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wingstop	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Which has better earnings & valuation, WING or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wingstop	$625.81M	11.77	$70.18M	$3.71	71.13
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.51	$1.02B	$3.18	20.28

Summary

Wingstop beats Restaurant Brands International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.