YUMC vs. HLT, QSR, IHG, CAVA, HTHT, ARMK, WING, WH, BROS, and SHAK
Should you be buying Yum China stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yum China include Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), CAVA Group (CAVA), H World Group (HTHT), Aramark (ARMK), Wingstop (WING), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Dutch Bros (BROS), and Shake Shack (SHAK). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Yum China vs.
Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and Yum China (NYSE:YUMC) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Yum China shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Yum China shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hilton Worldwide has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Yum China's net margin of 7.97%. Yum China's return on equity of 13.39% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.
In the previous week, Yum China had 3 more articles in the media than Hilton Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Yum China and 11 mentions for Hilton Worldwide. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.57 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Yum China pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yum China pays out 28.3% 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.
Hilton Worldwide received 418 more outperform votes than Yum China when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.21% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Yum China an outperform vote.
Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yum China has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hilton Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $232.65, suggesting a potential downside of 6.72%. Yum China has a consensus target price of $49.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Yum China's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yum China is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
Hilton Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Yum China. Yum China is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hilton Worldwide beats Yum China on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:YUMC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
