H World Group (HTHT) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, HTHT or QSR?

H World Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, HTHT or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and 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	$3.08B	3.23	$575M	$1.65	19.27
Restaurant Brands International	$7.02B	2.79	$1.19B	$3.99	15.16

Does the media refer more to HTHT or QSR?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 9 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 0 mentions for H World Group. H World Group's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.94 indicating that H World Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	Very Positive
Restaurant Brands International	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTHT or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 185 more outperform votes than H World Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.21% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H World Group	Outperform Votes 487 68.21%	Underperform Votes 227 31.79%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 672 60.70%	Underperform Votes 435 39.30%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HTHT or QSR more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.01% compared to H World Group's net margin of 15.97%. 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	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%

Is HTHT or QSR a better dividend stock?

H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. H World Group pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 58.1% 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.

Do analysts recommend HTHT or QSR?

H World Group currently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 47.17%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $81.46, indicating a potential upside of 34.69%. 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Summary

H World Group and Restaurant Brands International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.