Wingstop (WING) Competitors

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WING or QSR?

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Wingstop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held 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.

Do analysts recommend WING or QSR?

Wingstop presently has a consensus price target of $368.74, suggesting a potential upside of 24.64%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $82.27, suggesting a potential upside of 21.92%. Given Wingstop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wingstop	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is WING or QSR a better dividend stock?

Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Wingstop pays out 31.5% 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.

Does the media refer more to WING or QSR?

In the previous week, Wingstop had 14 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Wingstop and 7 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Wingstop's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.61 indicating that Wingstop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wingstop	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WING or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 81 more outperform votes than Wingstop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.39% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wingstop	Outperform Votes 590 61.39%	Underperform Votes 371 38.61%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 671 60.78%	Underperform Votes 433 39.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, WING or QSR?

Wingstop has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WING or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, 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
Wingstop	$591.04M	14.62	$70.18M	$3.43	86.25
Restaurant Brands International	$7.93B	2.75	$1.19B	$3.99	16.91

Is WING or QSR more profitable?

Wingstop has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 16.01%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.25% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wingstop	17.05%	-22.69%	23.35%
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%

Summary

Wingstop beats Restaurant Brands International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.