CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, 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 CMG and YUMC diverge most: on debt / equity, CMG reads 0.00 and YUMC reads 0.01; on p/b, CMG reads 18.36 and YUMC reads 2.47. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CMG'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 | CMG | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.58 | $42.92 |
| Market cap | $40.4B | $15.0B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.9% | — |
| P/E | 29.0 | 15.7 |
| P/B | 18.36 | 2.47 |
| P/S | 3.25 | 1.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.3 | 7.9 |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% | +8.9% |
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 11.1% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 64.5% | 16.1% |
| Return on assets | 16.0% | 9.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 62.6% | 16.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 6.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 0.72 | 0.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.17 | 3.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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