QSR vs. H, BYD, MTY, CMG, TH, CHH, MGM, MAR, JAX, and PPE
Should you be buying Restaurant Brands International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Restaurant Brands International include Hydro One (H), Boyd Group Services (BYD), MTY Food Group (MTY), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Theratechnologies (TH), CENTRIC HEALTH (CHH), Maple Gold Mines (MGM), Mount Logan Capital (MAR), Jaxon Mining (JAX), and Pacific Paradym Energy (PPE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Restaurant Brands International vs. Its Competitors
Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) and Hydro One (TSE:H) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Hydro One has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydro One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hydro One pays out 66.4% 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. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 4 more articles in the media than Hydro One. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 1 mentions for Hydro One. Hydro One's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.56 indicating that Hydro One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hydro One has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
88.6% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hydro One has a consensus price target of C$50.10, suggesting a potential downside of 1.38%. Given Hydro One's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hydro One is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Hydro One on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:QSR) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
