QSR vs. H, BYD, MTY, CMG, TH, CHH, MGM, MAR, JAX, and PPE
Should you be buying Restaurant Brands International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Restaurant Brands International include Hydro One (H), Boyd Group Services (BYD), MTY Food Group (MTY), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Theratechnologies (TH), CENTRIC HEALTH (CHH), Maple Gold Mines (MGM), Mount Logan Capital (MAR), Jaxon Mining (JAX), and Pacific Paradym Energy (PPE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Restaurant Brands International vs.
Hydro One (TSE:H) and Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Hydro One's net margin of 13.85%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 37.74% beat Hydro One's return on equity.
Hydro One received 259 more outperform votes than Restaurant Brands International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Hydro One an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote.
Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hydro One pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 57.1% 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. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Restaurant Brands International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hydro One. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydro One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hydro One has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 3 more articles in the media than Hydro One. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 2 mentions for Hydro One. Hydro One's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of -0.46 indicating that Hydro One is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hydro One presently has a consensus price target of C$43.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of C$90.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.83%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than Hydro One.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Hydro One on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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