Luckin Coffee Inc. vs Texas Roadhouse, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LKNCY and TXRH diverge most: on debt / equity, LKNCY reads 0.00 and TXRH reads 0.03; on ev/ebitda, LKNCY reads 2.4 and TXRH reads 17.6. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TXRH'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 | LKNCY | TXRH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.97 | $189.48 |
| Market cap | $2.6B | $12.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +19.2% |
| P/E | 5.0 | 30.2 |
| P/B | 1.15 | 8.14 |
| P/S | 0.36 | 2.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.4 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +55.0% | +10.4% |
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 9.0% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 23.0% | 27.6% |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.1% | 26.2% |
| FCF yield | 19.3% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 0.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.12 | 5.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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