DUTCH BROS INC. vs Yum China Holdings, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BROS and YUMC diverge most: on debt / equity, BROS reads 0.22 and YUMC reads 0.00; on p/e, BROS reads 102.8 and YUMC reads 18.5. 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 YUMC'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 | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $65.80 | $48.20 |
| Market cap | $8.4B | $17.1B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -3.5% |
| P/E | 102.8 | 18.5 |
| P/B | 9.11 | 2.79 |
| P/S | 4.80 | 1.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.6 | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | +28.4% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.8% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 1.1% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.99 | 3.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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