McDonald's (MCD) Competitors $292.68 +2.45 (+0.84%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends MCD vs. SBUX, CMG, YUM, DRI, DPZ, TXRH, EAT, WEN, CAKE, and PZZAShould you be buying McDonald's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McDonald's include Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Brinker International (EAT), Wendy's (WEN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), and Papa Johns International (PZZA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. McDonald's vs. Starbucks Chipotle Mexican Grill Yum! Brands Darden Restaurants Domino's Pizza Texas Roadhouse Brinker International Wendy's Cheesecake Factory Papa Johns International Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership. Is SBUX or MCD more profitable? McDonald's has a net margin of 31.79% compared to Starbucks' net margin of 10.40%. Starbucks' return on equity of -46.39% beat McDonald's' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Starbucks10.40% -46.39% 12.54% McDonald's 31.79%-175.42%15.61% Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBUX or MCD? Starbucks received 38 more outperform votes than McDonald's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.40% of users gave Starbucks an outperform vote while only 71.89% of users gave McDonald's an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStarbucksOutperform Votes210776.40% Underperform Votes65123.60% McDonald'sOutperform Votes206971.89% Underperform Votes80928.11% Do insiders & institutionals believe in SBUX or MCD? 72.3% of Starbucks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Starbucks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of McDonald's 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. Do analysts recommend SBUX or MCD? Starbucks presently has a consensus target price of $103.77, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. McDonald's has a consensus target price of $320.65, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Given Starbucks' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Starbucks is more favorable than McDonald's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Starbucks 3 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.55McDonald's 0 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 17 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.61 Does the media prefer SBUX or MCD? In the previous week, Starbucks had 19 more articles in the media than McDonald's. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Starbucks and 32 mentions for McDonald's. McDonald's' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Starbucks' score of 0.24 indicating that McDonald's is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Starbucks 8 Very Positive mention(s) 8 Positive mention(s) 12 Neutral mention(s) 17 Negative mention(s) 6 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral McDonald's 3 Very Positive mention(s) 5 Positive mention(s) 16 Neutral mention(s) 6 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more volatility & risk, SBUX or MCD? Starbucks has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SBUX or MCD? McDonald's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Starbucks. McDonald's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starbucks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStarbucks$36.18B2.76$3.76B$3.3126.58McDonald's$25.94B8.09$8.47B$11.3925.70 Is SBUX or MCD a better dividend stock? Starbucks pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. McDonald's pays an annual dividend of $7.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Starbucks pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McDonald's pays out 62.2% 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. McDonald's has increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years. SummaryStarbucks beats McDonald's on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart MCD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMcDonald'sEating places IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$209.74B$9.27B$24.51B$19.19BDividend Yield2.44%3.75%167.12%3.61%P/E Ratio25.7028.77108.9941.30Price / Sales8.092.213.1317.58Price / Cash20.0321.3421.7821.28Price / Book-45.108.945.425.32Net Income$8.47B$317.55M$676.04M$989.88M7 Day Performance-1.32%-1.57%-2.92%-3.54%1 Month Performance1.51%-0.67%0.51%-3.68%1 Year Performance0.44%2.11%9.02%12.14% McDonald's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MCDMcDonald's4.1136 of 5 stars$292.68+0.8%$320.65+9.6%+0.4%$209.74B$25.94B25.70150,000High Trading VolumeSBUXStarbucks4.6391 of 5 stars$94.23-3.3%$103.77+10.1%-7.7%$106.84B$36.18B29.43361,000CMGChipotle Mexican Grill4.3881 of 5 stars$64.92+0.5%$66.07+1.8%+34.2%$88.46B$10.98B60.84116,068Analyst ForecastYUMYum! Brands4.5191 of 5 stars$136.30-0.5%$145.94+7.1%+1.8%$38.04B$7.08B25.6135,000Insider TradeDRIDarden Restaurants4.4037 of 5 stars$168.56+1.1%$180.46+7.1%+15.6%$19.81B$11.42B19.23191,105Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageDPZDomino's Pizza4.7418 of 5 stars$451.56-0.4%$495.76+9.8%+4.3%$15.59B$4.67B27.8411,200TXRHTexas Roadhouse3.5706 of 5 stars$187.22+0.2%$190.09+1.5%+51.8%$12.49B$5.10B32.1191,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsEATBrinker International3.6971 of 5 stars$131.44+2.8%$91.38-30.5%+214.1%$5.84B$4.42B31.1868,852Analyst UpgradePositive NewsWENWendy's4.1588 of 5 stars$17.03-0.5%$20.36+19.5%-15.6%$3.47B$2.18B18.0115,300CAKECheesecake Factory4.26 of 5 stars$51.13+2.5%$47.15-7.8%+36.3%$2.61B$3.54B19.1447,900News CoveragePZZAPapa Johns International4.2705 of 5 stars$43.28-3.4%$60.82+40.5%-47.0%$1.41B$2.14B15.6113,200 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Starbucks Competitors Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors Yum! 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