Wingstop (WING) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer QSR or WING?

Restaurant Brands International currently has a consensus price target of $75.65, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. Wingstop has a consensus price target of $331.78, indicating a potential downside of 0.01%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48
Wingstop	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, QSR or WING?

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
Restaurant Brands International	$8.78B	2.64	$1.02B	$2.95	23.98
Wingstop	$651.11M	14.22	$70.18M	$5.97	55.58

Is QSR or WING 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
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%
Wingstop	17.37%	-21.59%	20.86%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in QSR or WING?

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

Does the media refer more to QSR or WING?

In the previous week, Wingstop had 20 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Wingstop and 10 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Wingstop's score of 0.64 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QSR or WING?

Restaurant Brands International received 65 more outperform votes than Wingstop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.99% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 683 60.44%	Underperform Votes 447 39.56%
Wingstop	Outperform Votes 618 61.99%	Underperform Votes 379 38.01%

Which has more volatility and risk, QSR or WING?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wingstop has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is QSR or WING a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. 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. Wingstop pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Wingstop has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Wingstop beats Restaurant Brands International on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.