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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

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

Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cheesecake Factory pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Yum! Brands pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheesecake Factory pays out 33.9% 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. Yum! Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Yum! Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Cheesecake Factory. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Yum! Brands and 13 mentions for Cheesecake Factory. Yum! Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Cheesecake Factory's score of 0.43 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cheesecake Factory
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Cheesecake Factory shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Yum! Brands$7.55B5.55$1.49B$5.0230.00
Cheesecake Factory$3.58B0.87$156.78M$3.1919.82

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
Yum! Brands18.42% -20.80% 24.37%
Cheesecake Factory 4.33%46.06%5.98%

Yum! Brands presently has a consensus target price of $157.86, suggesting a potential upside of 4.82%. Cheesecake Factory has a consensus target price of $54.63, suggesting a potential downside of 13.60%. Given Yum! Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Cheesecake Factory.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Yum! Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
Cheesecake Factory
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Yum! Brands beats Cheesecake Factory on 14 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$41.86B$11.81B$25.92B$20.46B
Dividend Yield1.89%3.65%175.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio30.0039.7129.1727.84
Price / Sales5.552.154.8550.06
Price / Cash24.1118.3017.1518.22
Price / Book-5.4911.365.814.58
Net Income$1.49B$400.87M$869.96M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.16%1.12%1.61%1.41%
1 Month Performance3.92%5.36%3.46%4.97%
1 Year Performance17.71%7.74%31.95%14.19%

Yum! Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YUM
Yum! Brands
4.095 of 5 stars
$150.60
+0.2%
$157.86
+4.8%
+16.3%$41.86B$7.55B30.0040,000Positive News
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory
3.8321 of 5 stars
$62.66
+0.7%
$54.63
-12.8%
+69.3%$3.10B$3.58B19.6447,900
PZZA
Papa John's International
2.32 of 5 stars
$48.94
+0.5%
$51.25
+4.7%
+8.9%$1.60B$2.06B20.8311,400
WEN
Wendy's
4.9762 of 5 stars
$11.42
-1.2%
$16.34
+43.1%
-30.5%$2.19B$2.24B12.1514,500Trending News
ARCO
Arcos Dorados
3.6779 of 5 stars
$7.91
+1.7%
$12.00
+51.7%
-15.7%$1.67B$4.47B12.1798,615Positive News
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.2853 of 5 stars
$56.29
+2.3%
$60.71
+7.9%
-11.6%$75.84B$11.31B49.81105,000Positive News
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MCD
McDonald's
4.9294 of 5 stars
$292.48
+0.3%
$321.17
+9.8%
+16.9%$209.13B$25.92B25.81150,000
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.9225 of 5 stars
$66.29
+1.4%
$75.68
+14.2%
-2.5%$21.73B$8.78B22.476,400
YUMC
Yum China
4.7505 of 5 stars
$44.72
+0.1%
$48.70
+8.9%
+53.3%$16.60B$11.33B18.71351,000Positive News
SBUX
Starbucks
4.3473 of 5 stars
$91.63
-0.5%
$98.81
+7.8%
+23.1%$104.13B$36.18B33.20361,000
DRI
Darden Restaurants
4.7423 of 5 stars
$218.02
+0.9%
$224.60
+3.0%
+48.7%$25.51B$12.08B24.55179,000

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This page (NYSE:YUM) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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