Domino's Pizza (DPZ) Competitors

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) and Domino's Pizza (NYSE:DPZ) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Domino's Pizza. Yum! Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domino's Pizza, 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
Yum! Brands	$7.08B	5.47	$1.60B	$5.64	24.37
Domino's Pizza	$4.48B	3.96	$519.12M	$15.32	33.20

Is YUM or DPZ more profitable?

Yum! Brands has a net margin of 22.92% compared to Yum! Brands' net margin of 11.90%. Yum! Brands' return on equity of -13.19% beat Domino's Pizza's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum! Brands	22.92%	-18.64%	24.65%
Domino's Pizza	11.90%	-13.19%	32.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands received 176 more outperform votes than Domino's Pizza when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.30% of users gave Yum! Brands an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Domino's Pizza an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yum! Brands	Outperform Votes 1069 65.30%	Underperform Votes 568 34.70%
Domino's Pizza	Outperform Votes 893 62.23%	Underperform Votes 542 37.77%

Is YUM or DPZ a better dividend stock?

Yum! Brands pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Domino's Pizza pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Yum! Brands pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Domino's Pizza pays out 39.4% 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. Yum! Brands has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Domino's Pizza has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer YUM or DPZ?

In the previous week, Yum! Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Yum! Brands and 8 mentions for Domino's Pizza. Yum! Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Domino's Pizza's score of 0.71 indicating that Domino's Pizza is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yum! Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Domino's Pizza	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in YUM or DPZ?

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Domino's Pizza shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yum! Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Domino's Pizza shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend YUM or DPZ?

Yum! Brands currently has a consensus price target of $143.27, suggesting a potential upside of 4.25%. Domino's Pizza has a consensus price target of $518.46, suggesting a potential upside of 1.94%. Given Domino's Pizza's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Domino's Pizza.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum! Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Domino's Pizza	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Summary

Domino's Pizza beats Yum! Brands on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.