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YUMC vs. HLT, QSR, IHG, HTHT, CAVA, BROS, ARMK, WING, WH, and RRR

Should you be buying Yum China stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yum China include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), H World Group (HTHT), CAVA Group (CAVA), Dutch Bros (BROS), Aramark (ARMK), Wingstop (WING), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Yum China vs.

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Hilton Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yum China. Yum China is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yum China$11.33B1.41$911M$2.3917.91
Hilton Worldwide$11.30B5.20$1.54B$6.3438.95

85.6% of Yum China shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Yum China shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 17 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 23 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.97 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Yum China
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 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

Hilton Worldwide received 423 more outperform votes than Yum China when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Yum China an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Yum ChinaOutperform Votes
399
64.35%
Underperform Votes
221
35.65%
Hilton WorldwideOutperform Votes
822
69.78%
Underperform Votes
356
30.22%

Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 13.74% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.06%. Yum China's return on equity of 13.83% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yum China8.06% 13.83% 7.88%
Hilton Worldwide 13.74%-54.47%10.97%

Yum China presently has a consensus target price of $48.70, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $245.56, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Yum China's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yum China is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Yum China
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Hilton Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Yum China has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Yum China pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilton Worldwide pays out 9.5% 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 China has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Yum China is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Hilton Worldwide beats Yum China on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YUMC vs. The Competition

MetricYum ChinaEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.98B$8.88B$25.03B$19.37B
Dividend Yield2.15%3.75%169.79%3.84%
P/E Ratio18.3726.5124.1834.23
Price / Sales1.411.873.9634.85
Price / Cash15.1019.1719.4117.51
Price / Book2.495.526.114.69
Net Income$911M$318.00M$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.57%-3.73%-1.33%-1.34%
1 Month Performance2.53%6.21%11.59%9.79%
1 Year Performance11.74%-9.57%6.90%3.27%

Yum China Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YUMC
Yum China
4.8673 of 5 stars
$42.81
-2.7%
$48.70
+13.8%
+11.7%$15.98B$11.33B18.37450,000Positive News
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
3.8827 of 5 stars
$252.47
+3.9%
$245.56
-2.7%
+20.0%$60.01B$11.30B41.05159,000Dividend Announcement
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.422 of 5 stars
$68.77
+2.4%
$75.65
+10.0%
+0.6%$22.53B$8.78B21.626,400Positive News
IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group
3.199 of 5 stars
$120.86
+4.1%
N/A+17.3%$18.81B$4.92B21.4311,200News Coverage
Positive News
HTHT
H World Group
2.5909 of 5 stars
$37.95
+1.0%
$42.80
+12.8%
-6.4%$11.65B$23.89B23.0024,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CAVA
CAVA Group
3.7591 of 5 stars
$98.73
+5.1%
$124.19
+25.8%
+7.1%$11.42B$963.71M214.648,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.2268 of 5 stars
$69.97
+10.3%
$75.21
+7.5%
+78.9%$10.79B$1.36B205.7922,000Insider Trade
ARMK
Aramark
4.3087 of 5 stars
$38.85
+1.3%
$43.33
+11.5%
+18.5%$10.18B$17.62B30.59273,900Gap Up
WING
Wingstop
3.0117 of 5 stars
$285.96
+7.0%
$322.09
+12.6%
-15.2%$7.98B$651.11M77.081,030
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.8325 of 5 stars
$86.85
+3.1%
$108.48
+24.9%
+20.7%$6.69B$1.42B23.932,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Gap Up
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.9547 of 5 stars
$46.92
+5.7%
$52.83
+12.6%
-12.8%$4.98B$1.95B18.697,850Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:YUMC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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