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.
Here the contrast is growth priced against proof. Dutch Bros, still opening drive-thru coffee stands at pace, trades at 112.23 times earnings on an 8.75% return on equity and a 4.61% net margin. Texas Roadhouse, the established steakhouse, earns more per dollar of sales at 7%, returns 27.58% on equity, and pays a 1.38% dividend, yet costs far less at 31.36 times earnings. Texas Roadhouse also generates real cash, a 2.77% free cash flow yield against Dutch Bros at 0.99%, and stays nearly debt-free at 0.03. Texas Roadhouse is the larger business at $13.0B versus Dutch Bros at $9.1B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | BROS | TXRH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $67.56 | $189.48 |
| Market cap | $8.6B | $12.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +19.2% |
| P/E | 105.6 | 30.2 |
| P/B | 9.35 | 8.14 |
| P/S | 4.93 | 2.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.3 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +28.4% | +10.4% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 9.0% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 8.8% | 27.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | 26.2% |
| FCF yield | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 0.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.05 | 5.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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