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McDonalds vs Yum Brands

MCD and YUM 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 YUM compare

Yum Brands is the larger company, worth 227362 times as much as McDonalds ($44.0B against $194K).

Yum Brands grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.1% versus 5.8% for McDonalds).

Yum Brands keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 39.1% compared with 32.4% at McDonalds.

Both pay dividends: McDonalds yields 2.7% and Yum Brands 1.8%.

McDonalds scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 15 for Yum Brands), 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.

MetricMCDYUM
Size and price
Market cap$194K$44.0B
Share price$271.97$161.33
Change, 1 year−11.4%8.0%
Change, 5 years7.9%27.1%
Beta (5Y)0.450.50
Employees150K49K
StockData Score
Total score16 (better)15
Valuation score45 (better)
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score44
Health score3 (better)1
Dividend score4 (better)3
Valuation
P/E–13.0×
P/S0.0× (better)5.0×
EV/EBITDA2.9× (better)12.1×
P/FCF0.0× (better)27.2×
PEG–1.94
FCF yield3868470% (better)3.7%
Fair value$136950000.00$247.85
Margin of safety100.0% (better)34.9%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)5.8%9.1% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average7.0%7.8% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)6.9%138% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)–143%
EPS growth, 5Y average13.6% (better)13.6%
Profitability
Gross margin–67.4%
Operating margin46.9%49.5% (better)
Net margin32.4%39.1% (better)
FCF margin27.0% (better)18.4%
Return on invested capital27.5%93.1% (better)
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA2.862.53 (better)
Interest coverage8.0×–
Current ratio1.23 (better)0.96
Altman Z-score2.873.45 (better)
Piotroski F-score7 (better)6
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield2.7% (better)1.8%
Payout ratio58.7%23.6%
Years of dividend growth16 (better)8
Dividend growth, 5Y average7.3%8.6% (better)
Buyback yield1210480% (better)3.1%
Shareholder yield1210480% (better)5.0%
Ownership
Held by institutions74.6%89.5%
Held by insiders0.03%0.15%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$30.5M−$11.2M (better)
Superinvestors holding33
Short interest, % of float1.6%4.6%

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