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 31.7% and SBUX reads 3.8%; on operating margin, MCD reads 47.0% and SBUX reads 10.5%. 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 somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MCD | SBUX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $235.23 | $90.76 |
| Market cap | $167.3B | $103.8B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.1% | — |
| P/E | 19.1 | 52.5 |
| P/S | 6.04 | 2.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.7 | 24.5 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | +4.6% |
| Operating margin | 47.0% | 10.5% |
| Net margin | 31.7% | 3.8% |
| Return on assets | 14.7% | 5.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 26.0% | 39.1% |
| FCF yield | 4.6% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 3.0% | 2.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 0.76 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.33 | 2.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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