Texas Roadhouse, Inc. vs Yum China Holdings, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Texas Roadhouse and Yum China both run their own restaurants at strong returns, one grilling steaks in the United States and one serving KFC and Pizza Hut in China. Texas Roadhouse keeps 7% of revenue and returns 27.58% on equity, while Yum China keeps 7.83% and returns 15.49%. Yum China generates more cash, a 6.44% free cash flow yield versus 2.77%, and pays a larger 2.35% dividend against Texas Roadhouse's 1.38%. Both operate nearly debt-free. On price Texas Roadhouse trades at 31.36 times earnings while Yum China sits at just 15.64. Yum China is the larger business at $14.5B versus Texas Roadhouse's $13.0B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | TXRH | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $189.48 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $12.5B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.2% | -1.8% |
| P/E | 30.2 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 8.14 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 2.07 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +10.4% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 27.6% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 26.2% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.46 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.97 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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