Restaurant Brands International (QSR) Competitors

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

Is HLT or QSR 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
Hilton Worldwide	10.70%	-60.85%	11.18%
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%

Does the media favor HLT or QSR?

In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 4 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 7 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.57 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hilton Worldwide	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HLT or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Hilton Worldwide	$11B	5.53	$1.14B	$4.66	53.52
Restaurant Brands International	$7.93B	2.73	$1.19B	$3.99	16.73

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

95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLT or QSR?

Hilton Worldwide received 142 more outperform votes than Restaurant Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.21% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hilton Worldwide	Outperform Votes 813 70.21%	Underperform Votes 345 29.79%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 671 60.78%	Underperform Votes 433 39.22%

Which has more volatility & risk, HLT or QSR?

Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HLT or QSR?

Hilton Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $232.65, suggesting a potential downside of 6.72%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $82.27, suggesting a potential upside of 23.21%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hilton Worldwide	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is HLT or QSR a better dividend stock?

Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 12.9% 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.

Summary

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