Restaurant Brands International (QSR) Competitors

Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend QSR or HLT?

Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus price target of $81.46, suggesting a potential upside of 34.69%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus price target of $238.24, suggesting a potential downside of 3.43%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Hilton Worldwide	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QSR or HLT?

Hilton Worldwide received 141 more outperform votes than Restaurant Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.15% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 672 60.70%	Underperform Votes 435 39.30%
Hilton Worldwide	Outperform Votes 813 70.15%	Underperform Votes 346 29.85%

Which has more volatility and risk, QSR or HLT?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor QSR or HLT?

In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 6 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 10 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.94 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hilton Worldwide	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is QSR or HLT a better dividend stock?

Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 58.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilton Worldwide pays out 12.9% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, QSR or HLT?

Restaurant Brands International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilton Worldwide. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, 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	$7.02B	2.79	$1.19B	$3.99	15.16
Hilton Worldwide	$10.24B	5.88	$1.14B	$4.66	52.94

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

82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is QSR or HLT more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.01% compared to Hilton Worldwide's net margin of 10.70%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.25% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%
Hilton Worldwide	10.70%	-60.85%	11.18%

Summary

Hilton Worldwide beats Restaurant Brands International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.