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McDonalds vs Restaurant Brands International

MCD and QSR side by side, both in eating and drinking places. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How MCD and QSR compare

Restaurant Brands International is the larger company, worth 178575 times as much as McDonalds ($32.9B against $184K).

McDonalds grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.3% versus 5.5% for Restaurant Brands International).

Both pay dividends: McDonalds yields 2.9% and Restaurant Brands International 3.5%.

McDonalds scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 9 for Restaurant Brands International), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricMCDQSR
Size and price
Market cap$184K$32.9B
Share price$258.12$72.41
Change, 1 year−14.6%9.7%
Change, 5 years1.3%21.8%
Beta (5Y)0.480.46
Employees150K54K
StockData Score
Total score17 (better)9
Valuation score4 (better)3
Growth score2 (better)1
Performance score4 (better)1
Health score3 (better)1
Dividend score4 (better)3
Valuation
P/E–17.2×
P/S0.0× (better)3.4×
P/B–8.4×
EV/EBITDA2.9× (better)15.9×
P/FCF0.0× (better)20.8×
FCF yield4211120% (better)4.8%
Fair value$158484000.00$77.90
Margin of safety100.0% (better)7.1%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)6.3% (better)5.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average7.0%13.7% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)4.7%–
EPS growth (TTM)–62.5%
EPS growth, 5Y average13.6% (better)8.0%
Profitability
Operating margin46.2% (better)27.0%
Net margin31.7%–
FCF margin28.0% (better)16.2%
Return on invested capital27.1% (better)16.2%
Financial health
Debt / equity–3.36
Net debt / EBITDA2.94 (better)4.17
Interest coverage7.9×–
Current ratio1.08 (better)0.96
Altman Z-score2.86 (better)1.87
Piotroski F-score7–
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield2.9%3.5% (better)
Payout ratio59.5%–
Years of dividend growth16 (better)13
Dividend growth, 5Y average7.3% (better)3.6%
Buyback yield1262090% (better)1.3%
Shareholder yield1262090% (better)4.9%
Ownership
Held by institutions74.6%70.9%
Held by insiders0.03%27.7%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$40.5M (better)−$55.7M
Superinvestors holding33
Short interest, % of float2.0%5.6%

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