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WING vs. YUMC, QSR, IHG, ARMK, BROS, CAVA, HTHT, 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), Dutch Bros (BROS), CAVA Group (CAVA), H World Group (HTHT), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

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 2.0%. Wingstop pays out 18.1% 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.

In the previous week, Wingstop had 26 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Wingstop and 11 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Wingstop's score of 0.72 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Yum China
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Wingstop has a net margin of 26.45% 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
Wingstop26.45% -18.85% 18.26%
Yum China 8.09%14.08%8.05%

85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Yum China shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$625.81M14.55$108.72M$5.9754.66
Yum China$11.30B1.54$911M$2.3919.66

Wingstop has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Wingstop currently has a consensus target price of $353.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.29%. Yum China has a consensus target price of $48.70, suggesting a potential upside of 3.63%. Given Wingstop's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Yum China.

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)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

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

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$8.86B$11.68B$26.70B$9.32B
Dividend Yield0.34%3.82%177.14%4.05%
P/E Ratio54.6634.4627.2419.43
Price / Sales14.552.105.6699.95
Price / Cash71.7617.2446.3857.53
Price / Book-14.1110.445.645.67
Net Income$108.72M$400.87M$876.41M$257.51M
7 Day Performance-2.31%-3.27%-1.79%0.52%
1 Month Performance-6.71%0.56%4.42%8.84%
1 Year Performance-15.62%0.26%19.50%14.18%

Wingstop Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WING
Wingstop
3.4416 of 5 stars
$326.34
+2.7%
$353.40
+8.3%
-17.7%$8.86B$625.81M54.661,335Trending News
Analyst Forecast
YUMC
Yum China
4.6609 of 5 stars
$47.49
-0.2%
$48.70
+2.5%
+49.3%$17.63B$11.30B19.87351,000Positive News
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.7965 of 5 stars
$67.27
-0.1%
$76.39
+13.6%
-7.5%$22.05B$8.41B22.8037,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
2.7533 of 5 stars
$120.33
-0.2%
N/A+7.9%$18.61B$4.92B21.3412,587News Coverage
ARMK
Aramark
3.7289 of 5 stars
$43.63
+0.2%
$43.91
+0.7%
+29.7%$11.43B$17.62B33.56266,680News Coverage
Positive News
BROS
Dutch Bros
3.6907 of 5 stars
$63.42
+0.1%
$75.94
+19.8%
+51.0%$10.43B$1.36B162.6126,000News Coverage
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CAVA
CAVA Group
4.1077 of 5 stars
$89.96
-2.3%
$115.00
+27.8%
+1.9%$10.40B$1.04B74.978,100Analyst Forecast
HTHT
H World Group
3.2443 of 5 stars
$32.59
-1.7%
$40.80
+25.2%
+1.8%$10.00B$3.27B22.6328,502Positive News
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.8809 of 5 stars
$90.53
-0.5%
$107.48
+18.7%
+17.6%$6.97B$1.41B21.452,200News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.2132 of 5 stars
$140.18
+0.1%
$125.95
-10.1%
+58.9%$5.98B$1.25B500.6312,826Analyst Forecast
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.681 of 5 stars
$56.30
+0.3%
$52.55
-6.7%
-8.1%$5.97B$1.94B21.829,300News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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