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.
Yum China and Dutch Bros represent two ends of the restaurant spectrum. Dutch Bros, a fast-growing drive-thru coffee chain, trades at 112.23 times earnings while returning 8.75% on equity and keeping 4.61% of revenue. Yum China, running KFC and Pizza Hut across China, is priced at just 15.64 times earnings yet returns 15.49% on equity, keeps 7.83% of sales, and pays a 2.35% dividend. Yum China's free cash flow yield of 6.44% towers over Dutch Bros at 0.99%. Both avoid heavy debt, though Dutch Bros carries 0.22 debt-to-equity and Yum China none. At $14.5B, Yum China outweighs Dutch Bros at $9.1B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | BROS | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $67.56 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $8.6B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -1.8% |
| P/E | 105.6 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 9.35 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 4.93 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.3 | 8.2 |
| 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% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.05 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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