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.
Chipotle and Yum China sit at opposite ends of the price ladder despite both running strong restaurant operations. Chipotle, company-owned fast-casual, returns 60.31% on equity, keeps 11.96% of revenue, carries no debt, and trades at 30.58 times earnings with an 18.02 price-to-book. Yum China, running KFC and Pizza Hut across China, returns 15.49% on equity, keeps 7.83% of sales, is debt-free, and trades at just 15.64 times earnings with a 2.37 price-to-book. Yum China's 6.44% free cash flow yield beats Chipotle's 3.47%, and it pays a 2.35% dividend. Chipotle's $43.4B market value roughly triples Yum China's $14.5B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CMG | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.26 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $45.9B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.6% | -1.8% |
| P/E | 32.4 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 19.07 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 3.78 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.5 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +5.7% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 60.3% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 16.5% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 57.5% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.92 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.85 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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