Dutch Bros Inc. (BROS) vs Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI)

Dutch Bros Inc. and Darden Restaurants, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Darden Restaurants, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $23.5B against $6.8B — 3.5× the size. Darden Restaurants, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.1× against 52.8×. Dutch Bros Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 29.7% against 9.39%. Darden Restaurants, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.13% vs 4.91%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.3% vs 12.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Darden Restaurants, Inc. leads on 13 and Dutch Bros Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BROS DRI Restaurants median
P/E 52.81 19.08 22.14
P/S 2.72 1.75 0.91
P/B 5.24 10.45 2.01
Price to free cash flow 53.76 20.27 19.41
EV/EBITDA 16.03 11.68 11.48
EV/Sales 2.68 1.90 1.20
Earnings yield 1.89% 5.24% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 1.86% 4.93% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric BROS DRI Restaurants median
Gross margin 25.10% 21.67% 38.77%
Operating margin 9.57% 11.98% 4.30%
Net margin 4.91% 9.13% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 5.05% 8.62% 3.12%
Return on equity 10.21% 53.41% 3.07%
Return on assets 2.99% 9.48% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 12.44% 27.28% 3.14%

Growth

Metric BROS DRI Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 29.65% 9.39% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 88.24% 17.16% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 37.99% 12.92% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 69.39% 13.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric BROS DRI Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.20 0.74 0.10
Current ratio 1.35 0.31 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 0.66 0.43

Dividend

Metric BROS DRI Restaurants median
Dividend yield — 3.15% 2.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.61 0.00

Size

Metric BROS DRI Restaurants median
Market cap 6.75b 23.53b 482.66m

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