Restaurant Brands International (QSR) Competitors

Hydro One (TSE:H) and Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, H or QSR?

Hydro One has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Restaurant Brands International. Hydro One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hydro One	C$8.76B	3.32	C$1.14B	C$2.09	23.19
Restaurant Brands International	C$9.11B	3.16	C$793.99M	C$2.64	33.25

Which has more risk & volatility, H or QSR?

Hydro One has a beta of 0.371333, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.418257, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate H or QSR?

Hydro One presently has a consensus target price of C$51.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Hydro One's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hydro One is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hydro One	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Restaurant Brands International	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do insiders & institutionals believe in H or QSR?

21.5% of Hydro One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of Hydro One shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is H or QSR more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.02% compared to Hydro One's net margin of 13.59%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 41.85% beat Hydro One's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hydro One	13.59%	9.58%	3.57%
Restaurant Brands International	16.02%	41.85%	5.81%

Does the media favor H or QSR?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 1 more articles in the media than Hydro One. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 4 mentions for Hydro One. Hydro One's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of -0.30 indicating that Hydro One is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hydro One	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is H or QSR a better dividend stock?

Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hydro One pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Hydro One on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.