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