Dutch Bros Inc. vs Texas Roadhouse, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BROS and TXRH diverge most: on debt / equity, BROS reads 0.21 and TXRH reads 0.03; on return on assets, BROS reads 2.7% and TXRH reads 11.5%. 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 TXRH's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BROS | TXRH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $38.03 | $161.52 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $10.6B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +14.7% |
| P/E | 52.8 | 25.8 |
| P/B | 5.26 | 6.74 |
| P/S | 2.72 | 1.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 14.9 |
| Revenue growth | +29.5% | +10.0% |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 8.5% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.5% | 26.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.7% | 11.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.1% | 25.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.21 | 0.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.35 | 0.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.00 | 5.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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