YUMC vs. DRI, WING, TXRH, CAVA, QSR, YUM, WBA, EXPE, BBY, and DKS
Should you be buying Yum China stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yum China include Darden Restaurants (DRI), Wingstop (WING), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), CAVA Group (CAVA), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Expedia Group (EXPE), Best Buy (BBY), and DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) and Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
93.6% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Yum China shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Darden Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum China shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Darden Restaurants had 2 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Darden Restaurants and 7 mentions for Yum China. Darden Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Yum China's score of 0.97 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Darden Restaurants has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Darden Restaurants pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Darden Restaurants pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 32.2% 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. Darden Restaurants has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Yum China has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Darden Restaurants is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Darden Restaurants has a net margin of 9.24% compared to Darden Restaurants' net margin of 7.49%. Yum China's return on equity of 49.94% beat Darden Restaurants' return on equity.
Darden Restaurants received 735 more outperform votes than Yum China when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Darden Restaurants an outperform vote while only 64.19% of users gave Yum China an outperform vote.
Darden Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $178.85, suggesting a potential upside of 20.78%. Yum China has a consensus price target of $54.65, suggesting a potential upside of 44.61%. Given Darden Restaurants' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yum China is more favorable than Darden Restaurants.
Darden Restaurants has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yum China. Darden Restaurants is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum China, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Darden Restaurants beats Yum China on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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