Domino's Pizza (DPZ) Competitors

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) and Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:DPZ) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum! Brands, 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
Yum! Brands	$7.74B	5.35	$1.49B	$5.02	29.68
Domino's Pizza	$4.73B	3.57	$519.12M	$17.44	28.27

Which has more risk and volatility, YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is YUM or DPZ more profitable?

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Domino's Pizza's net margin of 12.26%. Domino's Pizza's return on equity of -14.35% beat Yum! Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum! Brands	19.68%	-20.33%	24.19%
Domino's Pizza	12.26%	-14.35%	32.45%

Do analysts prefer YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands currently has a consensus price target of $156.70, indicating a potential upside of 5.17%. Domino's Pizza has a consensus price target of $498.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.10%. Given Yum! Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Domino's Pizza.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum! Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Domino's Pizza	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Does the media prefer YUM or DPZ?

In the previous week, Yum! Brands had 13 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Yum! Brands and 21 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Yum! Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Domino's Pizza's score of 1.04 indicating that Yum! Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yum! Brands	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Domino's Pizza	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in YUM or DPZ?

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands received 136 more outperform votes than Domino's Pizza when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.33% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave Domino's Pizza an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yum! Brands	Outperform Votes 1084 64.33%	Underperform Votes 601 35.67%
Domino's Pizza	Outperform Votes 948 62.16%	Underperform Votes 577 37.84%

Is YUM or DPZ a better dividend stock?

Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Domino's Pizza pays an annual dividend of $6.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Yum! Brands pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Domino's Pizza pays out 39.9% 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. Yum! Brands has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Domino's Pizza has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Summary

Domino's Pizza beats Yum! Brands on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.