Dutch Bros Inc. vs BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BROS and EAT diverge most: on return on equity, BROS reads 9.5% and EAT reads 109.8%; on return on assets, BROS reads 2.7% and EAT reads 17.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BROS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What EAT'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 | EAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $43.90 | $213.11 |
| Market cap | $5.9B | $9.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +13.7% |
| P/E | 61.0 | 19.6 |
| P/B | 6.07 | 21.37 |
| P/S | 3.14 | 1.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.6 | 15.8 |
| Revenue growth | +29.5% | +8.4% |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 10.9% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.5% | 109.8% |
| Return on assets | 2.7% | 17.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.1% | 54.9% |
| FCF yield | 1.6% | 5.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.21 | 1.01 |
| Current ratio | 1.35 | 0.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.20 | 8.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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