WING vs. YUMC, QSR, IHG, BROS, ARMK, HTHT, CAVA, WH, SHAK, and RRR
Should you be buying Wingstop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wingstop include Yum China (YUMC), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), Dutch Bros (BROS), Aramark (ARMK), H World Group (HTHT), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Wingstop vs. Its Competitors
Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Wingstop had 4 more articles in the media than Yum China. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Wingstop and 10 mentions for Yum China. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Wingstop's score of 0.42 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Wingstop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Yum China shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wingstop has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Yum China has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Yum China is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Wingstop pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 40.2% 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. Wingstop has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Yum China has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Wingstop currently has a consensus price target of $362.26, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. Yum China has a consensus price target of $48.70, indicating a potential upside of 2.57%. Given Wingstop's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Yum China.
Wingstop has a net margin of 26.45% compared to Yum China's net margin of 8.09%. Yum China's return on equity of 14.08% beat Wingstop's return on equity.
Summary
Wingstop beats Yum China on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:WING) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
