BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. vs Yum China Holdings, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Brinker International and Yum China both offer value pricing alongside strong cash generation. Brinker, the Chili's operator, keeps 8.07% of revenue, generates a 6.61% free cash flow yield, pays a 0.66% dividend, and trades at 16.8 times earnings. Yum China, running KFC and Pizza Hut across China, keeps 7.83% of sales, generates a nearly matching 6.44% cash yield, pays a heftier 2.35% dividend, and trades at 15.64 times. On leverage they diverge: Brinker carries 1.11 debt-to-equity while Yum China runs debt-free. Yum China also posts a clean 15.49% return on equity. At $14.5B, Yum China is roughly twice the size of Brinker's $7.6B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | EAT | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $185.18 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.0% | -1.8% |
| P/E | 18.1 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 20.30 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 1.44 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.5 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +12.4% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 114.0% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 16.7% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 54.9% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 6.1% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 1.11 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.36 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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