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YUM vs. CAKE, PZZA, WEN, ARCO, CMG, MCD, QSR, YUMC, SBUX, and DRI

Should you be buying Yum! Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yum! Brands include Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Papa John's International (PZZA), Wendy's (WEN), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), McDonald's (MCD), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum China (YUMC), Starbucks (SBUX), and Darden Restaurants (DRI). These companies are all part of the "retail - restrnts" industry.

Yum! Brands vs. Its Competitors

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum! Brands pays out 56.6% 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 raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Yum! Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cheesecake Factory has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum! Brands has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Yum! Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cheesecake Factory. Cheesecake Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum! Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cheesecake Factory$3.58B0.92$156.78M$3.1920.81
Yum! Brands$7.55B5.41$1.49B$5.0229.27

94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Cheesecake Factory's net margin of 4.33%. Cheesecake Factory's return on equity of 46.06% beat Yum! Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cheesecake Factory4.33% 46.06% 5.98%
Yum! Brands 18.42%-20.80%24.37%

In the previous week, Cheesecake Factory had 26 more articles in the media than Yum! Brands. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Cheesecake Factory and 20 mentions for Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.62 indicating that Yum! Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cheesecake Factory
8 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Yum! Brands
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus target price of $60.94, suggesting a potential downside of 8.21%. Yum! Brands has a consensus target price of $159.86, suggesting a potential upside of 8.80%. Given Yum! Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cheesecake Factory
4 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
Yum! Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Summary

Yum! Brands beats Cheesecake Factory on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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YUM vs. The Competition

MetricYum! BrandsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$40.77B$11.56B$26.57B$20.77B
Dividend Yield1.97%3.74%177.04%3.60%
P/E Ratio29.2238.3829.9727.79
Price / Sales5.412.137.4467.16
Price / Cash23.1917.3854.8723.29
Price / Book-5.3610.635.644.52
Net Income$1.49B$400.87M$880.44M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-0.53%-4.57%-4.47%-2.39%
1 Month Performance-0.94%-0.88%2.87%2.20%
1 Year Performance11.17%3.43%17.01%8.33%

Yum! Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YUM
Yum! Brands
4.4155 of 5 stars
$146.94
+1.2%
$159.86
+8.8%
+11.3%$40.77B$7.55B29.2240,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.9353 of 5 stars
$63.91
+2.0%
$59.38
-7.1%
+65.2%$3.17B$3.58B20.0347,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PZZA
Papa John's International
3.2553 of 5 stars
$44.74
-0.7%
$51.25
+14.6%
+0.6%$1.46B$2.06B19.0411,400Positive News
WEN
Wendy's
4.9792 of 5 stars
$10.32
-1.4%
$15.63
+51.4%
-40.4%$1.98B$2.25B10.9814,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.9465 of 5 stars
$7.21
-1.2%
$8.80
+22.1%
-27.1%$1.52B$4.47B11.0898,615Positive News
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.8673 of 5 stars
$52.49
-2.7%
$61.72
+17.6%
-12.8%$70.73B$11.31B46.45130,504Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MCD
McDonald's
4.5136 of 5 stars
$295.62
-0.5%
$319.72
+8.2%
+15.7%$211.38B$25.92B26.09150,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.783 of 5 stars
$68.92
-0.3%
$75.65
+9.8%
-0.9%$22.59B$8.41B23.3637,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
YUMC
Yum China
4.6601 of 5 stars
$47.68
+1.8%
$48.70
+2.1%
+54.4%$17.70B$11.30B19.95351,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SBUX
Starbucks
4.2477 of 5 stars
$92.66
-1.2%
$98.58
+6.4%
+23.6%$105.30B$36.18B33.57361,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.7428 of 5 stars
$206.89
-1.3%
$225.19
+8.8%
+38.2%$24.21B$12.08B23.30191,105Positive News

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This page (NYSE:YUM) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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