QSR vs. YUMC, DRI, YUM, TXRH, WING, CMG, EBAY, TSCO, ULTA, and WBA
Should you be buying Restaurant Brands International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Restaurant Brands International include Yum China (YUMC), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum! Brands (YUM), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), eBay (EBAY), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Restaurant Brands International vs.
Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Restaurant Brands International received 221 more outperform votes than Yum China when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave Yum China an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.
Restaurant Brands International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yum China. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum China, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 15.26% compared to Yum China's net margin of 6.43%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 35.70% beat Yum China's return on equity.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 2 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 5 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.60 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.9% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Yum China shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum China shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus target price of $72.87, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Yum China.
Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 34.7% 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.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Yum China on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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