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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 176813 times as much as McDonalds ($34.6B against $196K).

McDonalds grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.8% versus 5.5% for Restaurant Brands International).

Both pay dividends: McDonalds yields 2.7% and Restaurant Brands International 3.4%.

McDonalds scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 8 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$196K$34.6B
Share price$274.80$76.66
Change, 1 year−8.1%10.8%
Change, 5 years9.1%34.0%
Beta (5Y)0.450.45
Employees150K54K
StockData Score
Total score16 (better)8
Valuation score4 (better)2
Growth score11
Performance score4 (better)1
Health score3 (better)1
Dividend score4 (better)3
Valuation
P/E–18.2×
P/S0.0× (better)3.5×
P/B–8.8×
EV/EBITDA2.9× (better)16.5×
P/FCF0.0× (better)21.9×
FCF yield3828630% (better)4.6%
Fair value$141854000.00$75.02
Margin of safety100.0% (better)−2.2%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)5.8% (better)5.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average7.0%13.7% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)6.9%–
EPS growth (TTM)–62.5%
EPS growth, 5Y average13.6% (better)8.0%
Profitability
Operating margin46.9% (better)27.0%
Net margin32.4%–
FCF margin27.0% (better)16.2%
Return on invested capital27.5% (better)16.2%
Financial health
Debt / equity–3.36
Net debt / EBITDA2.86 (better)4.17
Interest coverage8.0×–
Current ratio1.23 (better)0.96
Altman Z-score2.87 (better)1.92
Piotroski F-score7–
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield2.7%3.4% (better)
Payout ratio58.7%–
Years of dividend growth16 (better)13
Dividend growth, 5Y average7.3% (better)3.6%
Buyback yield1198010% (better)1.3%
Shareholder yield1198010% (better)4.6%
Ownership
Held by institutions74.6%71.4%
Held by insiders0.03%27.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$30.3M (better)−$52.2M
Superinvestors holding33
Short interest, % of float1.6%4.9%

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