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.
Hydro One (TSE:H) and Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
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.
Hydro One received 257 more outperform votes than Restaurant Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.66% of users gave Hydro One an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hydro One had 12 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hydro One and 1 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Hydro One's score of 0.53 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hydro One pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 63.0% 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.
Hydro One has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Hydro One currently has a consensus price target of C$46.25, suggesting a potential downside of 12.69%. Given Hydro One's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hydro One is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Hydro One on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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