RESTAURANT BRANDS 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.
Restaurant Brands International and Yum China both scale global fast food, one as a franchisor and one as an operator in China. Restaurant Brands, behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes, keeps 13.55% of revenue, returns 24.55% on equity, pays a 3.34% dividend, and trades at 26.26 times earnings. Yum China, running KFC and Pizza Hut, keeps 7.83% of sales, returns 15.49% on equity, pays 2.35%, and trades cheaper at 15.64 times. Yum China generates the stronger cash flow at a 6.44% free cash flow yield versus 4.58%, and runs debt-free where Restaurant Brands carries 2.52 debt-to-equity. Restaurant Brands is larger at $34.1B against $14.5B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | QSR | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $75.24 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $34.5B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.2% | -1.8% |
| P/E | 26.6 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 6.53 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 3.60 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.9 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 26.8% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 13.6% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 24.6% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.2% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 3.3% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 2.52 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.63 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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