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

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), Aramark (ARMK), Dutch Bros (BROS), CAVA Group (CAVA), H World Group (HTHT), Wingstop (WING), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Shake Shack (SHAK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Yum China vs. Its Competitors

Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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 9.2% 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.

Yum China has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.09%. Yum China's return on equity of 14.08% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yum China8.09% 14.08% 8.05%
Hilton Worldwide 13.84%-46.13%11.38%

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$11.30B1.57$911M$2.3920.00
Hilton Worldwide$11.17B5.76$1.54B$6.5142.01

In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 34 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 8 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.80 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hilton Worldwide
13 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Yum China currently has a consensus target price of $48.70, suggesting a potential upside of 1.88%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $258.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.46%. Given Yum China's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)
10 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Yum China shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hilton Worldwide beats Yum China on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding YUMC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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YUMC vs. The Competition

MetricYum ChinaRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.09B$11.51B$26.98B$21.11B
Dividend Yield1.97%3.70%177.04%3.60%
P/E Ratio20.0037.1630.7428.44
Price / Sales1.572.116.4958.68
Price / Cash13.3417.4352.3122.92
Price / Book2.8310.325.694.69
Net Income$911M$400.87M$880.44M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.99%1.94%2.33%1.65%
1 Month Performance7.10%2.60%7.10%4.54%
1 Year Performance59.28%6.72%25.92%9.99%

Yum China Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YUMC
Yum China
4.7221 of 5 stars
$47.80
-1.9%
$48.70
+1.9%
+63.5%$18.09B$11.30B20.00351,000Positive News
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
3.9736 of 5 stars
$278.89
+0.6%
$249.06
-10.7%
+28.2%$66.29B$11.17B43.99181,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
4.3292 of 5 stars
$67.27
-0.1%
$76.39
+13.6%
+1.4%$22.05B$8.41B22.8037,600
IHG
Intercontinental Hotels Group
3.0782 of 5 stars
$120.33
-0.2%
N/A+15.2%$18.61B$4.92B21.3412,587
ARMK
Aramark
3.7536 of 5 stars
$43.63
+0.2%
$43.91
+0.7%
+32.5%$11.43B$17.62B33.56266,680Dividend Announcement
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.3175 of 5 stars
$63.42
+0.1%
$75.94
+19.8%
+60.0%$10.43B$1.36B162.6126,000Analyst Revision
CAVA
CAVA Group
3.9329 of 5 stars
$89.96
-2.3%
$115.00
+27.8%
+12.5%$10.40B$1.04B74.978,100Analyst Revision
HTHT
H World Group
3.4096 of 5 stars
$32.59
-1.7%
$40.80
+25.2%
+7.0%$10.00B$3.27B22.6328,502Positive News
WING
Wingstop
3.9169 of 5 stars
$318.27
-3.0%
$358.16
+12.5%
-16.2%$8.88B$625.81M53.311,335Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.4901 of 5 stars
$90.53
-0.5%
$107.48
+18.7%
+20.3%$6.97B$1.41B21.452,200News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.3459 of 5 stars
$140.18
+0.1%
$125.95
-10.1%
+73.9%$5.98B$1.25B500.6312,826Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:YUMC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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