YUMC vs. HLT, QSR, IHG, BROS, ARMK, HTHT, CAVA, 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), Dutch Bros (BROS), Aramark (ARMK), H World Group (HTHT), CAVA Group (CAVA), 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. Its Competitors
Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Hilton Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $264.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.27%. Yum China has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.08%. Given Yum China's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yum China is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Yum China shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.04%. Yum China's return on equity of 14.13% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.
Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 39.7% 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. Yum China has raised 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.
Hilton Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 12 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 24 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 1.16 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats Yum China on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:YUMC) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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