Luckin Coffee 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 LKNCY and YUMC diverge most: on revenue growth, LKNCY reads +55.0% and YUMC reads +6.7%; on p/s, LKNCY reads 0.36 and YUMC reads 1.26. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | LKNCY | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.97 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $2.6B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -1.8% |
| P/E | 5.0 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 1.15 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 0.36 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.4 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +55.0% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 23.0% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.1% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 19.3% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.12 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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