McDONALD’S CORPORATION vs Starbucks Corporation, two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MCD and SBUX diverge most: on net margin, MCD reads 31.6% and SBUX reads 3.9%; on operating margin, MCD reads 45.3% and SBUX reads 8.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MCD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SBUX's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MCD | SBUX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $274.56 | $106.00 |
| Market cap | $195.9B | $121.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.2% | — |
| P/E | 22.6 | 80.9 |
| P/S | 7.14 | 3.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.7 | 29.7 |
| Revenue growth | +6.9% | +5.9% |
| Operating margin | 45.3% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 31.6% | 3.9% |
| Return on assets | 14.4% | 4.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 25.8% | 23.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.29 | 2.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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