Restaurant Brands International (QSR) Competitors

Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Is QSR or HLT a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. 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. Hilton Worldwide pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, QSR or HLT?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer QSR or HLT?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus target price of $75.65, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $245.56, indicating a potential downside of 0.61%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.

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
Hilton Worldwide	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QSR or HLT?

Hilton Worldwide received 139 more outperform votes than Restaurant Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave Hilton Worldwide 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%
Hilton Worldwide	Outperform Votes 822 69.78%	Underperform Votes 356 30.22%

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

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, QSR or HLT?

Hilton Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, 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	2.59	$1.02B	$2.95	23.54
Hilton Worldwide	$11.30B	5.20	$1.54B	$6.34	38.97

Does the media refer more to QSR or HLT?

In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 30 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 9 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.97 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hilton Worldwide	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is QSR or HLT more profitable?

Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 13.74% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%
Hilton Worldwide	13.74%	-54.47%	10.97%

Summary

Hilton Worldwide beats Restaurant Brands International on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.