MCD vs. CMG, BABA, PDD, LOW, BKNG, TJX, SBUX, CVS, COST, and TGT
Should you be buying McDonald's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McDonald's include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Alibaba Group (BABA), PDD (PDD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Booking (BKNG), TJX Companies (TJX), Starbucks (SBUX), CVS Health (CVS), Costco Wholesale (COST), and Target (TGT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
McDonald's received 364 more outperform votes than Chipotle Mexican Grill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Chipotle Mexican Grill an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 18 more articles in the media than McDonald's. MarketBeat recorded 89 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 71 mentions for McDonald's. McDonald's' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's score of 0.12 indicating that Chipotle Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McDonald's has a net margin of 33.22% compared to McDonald's' net margin of 12.70%. McDonald's' return on equity of 43.74% beat Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity.
91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of McDonald's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
McDonald's has higher revenue and earnings than Chipotle Mexican Grill. McDonald's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chipotle Mexican Grill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chipotle Mexican Grill currently has a consensus price target of $3,137.12, indicating a potential downside of 1.56%. McDonald's has a consensus price target of $318.41, indicating a potential upside of 16.59%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe McDonald's is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Summary
Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald's tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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