Wingstop (WING) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, QSR or WING?

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
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.45	$1.02B	$3.18	19.80
Wingstop	$625.81M	10.39	$70.18M	$3.71	62.81

Which has more volatility and risk, QSR or WING?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wingstop has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of QSR or WING?

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Wingstop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to QSR or WING?

In the previous week, Wingstop had 12 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Wingstop and 16 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Wingstop's score of 0.61 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wingstop	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is QSR or WING a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Wingstop pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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. Wingstop pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is QSR or WING more profitable?

Wingstop has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 12.15%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat Wingstop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%
Wingstop	17.37%	-21.59%	20.86%

Do analysts rate QSR or WING?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus target price of $76.63, indicating a potential upside of 21.68%. Wingstop has a consensus target price of $348.23, indicating a potential upside of 49.43%. Given Wingstop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wingstop is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Wingstop	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QSR or WING?

Restaurant Brands International received 76 more outperform votes than Wingstop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.80% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote while only 60.59% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 681 60.59%	Underperform Votes 443 39.41%
Wingstop	Outperform Votes 605 61.80%	Underperform Votes 374 38.20%

Summary

Wingstop beats Restaurant Brands International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.