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$338.57 -10.10 (-2.90%)
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WING vs. YUMC, QSR, IHG, ARMK, CAVA, HTHT, BROS, WH, SHAK, and RRR

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), Aramark (ARMK), CAVA Group (CAVA), H World Group (HTHT), Dutch Bros (BROS), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Wingstop has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Wingstop presently has a consensus target price of $379.52, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Yum China has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.49%. Given Yum China's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yum China is more favorable than Wingstop.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wingstop
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Yum China
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.67

In the previous week, Wingstop had 58 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Wingstop and 24 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Wingstop's score of 0.63 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
31 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Yum China
13 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$625.81M15.11$108.72M$6.0056.43
Yum China$11.30B1.43$911M$2.3918.26

Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Wingstop pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 40.2% 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.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Wingstop has a net margin of 25.61% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.09%. Yum China's return on equity of 14.08% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wingstop25.61% -17.07% 16.53%
Yum China 8.09%14.08%8.05%

Summary

Wingstop beats Yum China on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WING and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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WING vs. The Competition

MetricWingstopRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.74B$11.44B$26.18B$9.53B
Dividend Yield0.31%3.87%174.20%4.14%
P/E Ratio56.4330.8628.2623.88
Price / Sales15.112.058.8198.82
Price / Cash78.7617.1757.6858.35
Price / Book-13.7810.025.565.60
Net Income$108.72M$400.87M$877.46M$265.26M
7 Day Performance-8.06%-3.37%-1.15%-0.14%
1 Month Performance4.11%-6.98%-1.51%6.08%
1 Year Performance-7.95%3.03%23.02%24.22%

Wingstop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WING
Wingstop
3.5916 of 5 stars
$338.57
-2.9%
$379.52
+12.1%
-3.9%$9.74B$625.81M56.431,335Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
YUMC
Yum China
4.9246 of 5 stars
$46.92
-1.9%
$48.70
+3.8%
+46.3%$17.42B$11.33B19.63351,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.8728 of 5 stars
$69.09
-0.7%
$76.09
+10.1%
-2.0%$22.65B$8.78B23.4237,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
2.4013 of 5 stars
$117.42
-0.7%
N/A+21.5%$18.14B$4.92B20.8212,587Upcoming Earnings
ARMK
Aramark
4.1434 of 5 stars
$43.45
-1.0%
$43.91
+1.1%
+19.8%$11.39B$17.40B33.42266,680News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
CAVA
CAVA Group
4.2222 of 5 stars
$88.05
+0.0%
$115.06
+30.7%
+9.9%$10.18B$963.71M73.388,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HTHT
H World Group
4.1014 of 5 stars
$32.60
-2.0%
$40.80
+25.2%
+7.0%$10.01B$24.01B22.6428,502News Coverage
Positive News
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.3312 of 5 stars
$59.24
-0.4%
$76.06
+28.4%
+59.2%$9.74B$1.28B151.9026,000Options Volume
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.9061 of 5 stars
$91.33
-0.7%
$106.98
+17.1%
+16.3%$7.03B$1.41B21.342,200Positive News
SHAK
Shake Shack
4.0334 of 5 stars
$138.40
+0.7%
$128.68
-7.0%
+20.9%$5.91B$1.28B494.2912,826Earnings Report
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.9486 of 5 stars
$54.72
+1.0%
$56.64
+3.5%
+17.6%$5.80B$1.95B21.219,300Dividend Announcement
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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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