H World Group (HTHT) Competitors

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, HTHT or QSR?

H World Group has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HTHT or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than H World Group. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, 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
H World Group	$23.89B	0.44	$575M	$1.34	24.86
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.54	$1.02B	$3.18	20.54

Is HTHT or QSR more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. H World Group's return on equity of 30.41% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H World Group	15.97%	30.41%	6.04%
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HTHT or QSR?

46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by 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.

Is HTHT or QSR a better dividend stock?

H World Group pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. H World Group pays out 141.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Restaurant Brands International pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HTHT or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 194 more outperform votes than H World Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.02% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 60.64% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H World Group	Outperform Votes 487 68.02%	Underperform Votes 229 31.98%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 681 60.64%	Underperform Votes 442 39.36%

Does the media refer more to HTHT or QSR?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 5 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 8 mentions for H World Group. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat H World Group's score of 0.87 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate HTHT or QSR?

H World Group currently has a consensus price target of $44.68, suggesting a potential upside of 34.13%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $77.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.38%. Given H World Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe H World Group is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats H World Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.