DUTCH BROS INC. vs DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BROS and DRI diverge most: on fcf yield, BROS reads 1.1% and DRI reads -3.2%; on return on equity, BROS reads 8.8% and DRI reads 54.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BROS's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What DRI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BROS | DRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $63.99 | $196.31 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $22.7B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +3.1% |
| P/E | 100.0 | 18.9 |
| P/B | 8.86 | 10.30 |
| P/S | 4.66 | 1.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.8 | 11.6 |
| Revenue growth | +28.4% | +9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.1% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 13.9% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 8.8% | 54.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | 30.5% |
| FCF yield | 1.1% | -3.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 1.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 0.31 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.92 | 2.24 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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