DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. vs SHAKE SHACK INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DRI and SHAK diverge most: on fcf yield, DRI reads 5.0% and SHAK reads -0.4%; on return on equity, DRI reads 57.2% and SHAK reads 7.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DRI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SHAK's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DRI | SHAK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $197.55 | $66.87 |
| Market cap | $22.6B | $2.8B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.3% | — |
| P/E | 19.3 | 71.1 |
| P/B | 10.93 | 4.90 |
| P/S | 1.69 | 1.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.7 | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +8.0% | +17.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 5.0% |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 57.2% | 7.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.9% | 2.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 29.1% | 5.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | -0.4% |
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.26 | 0.43 |
| Current ratio | 0.30 | 1.67 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.07 | 2.21 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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