The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) vs Yum China (YUMC)

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated and Yum China are both Restaurants companies. Yum China is the larger, with a market value of $14.3B against $5.3B — 2.7× the size. Yum China trades at the lower P/E: 15.7× against 28.3×. Yum China grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.78% against 5.66%. Yum China has the higher net margin (7.84% vs 4.61%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.0% vs 14.4%). Both pay a dividend; Yum China yields more (2.59% vs 1.08%). Across the 23 metrics below, Yum China leads on 21 and The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated on 2.

Valuation

Metric CAKE YUMC Restaurants median
P/E 28.32 15.66 22.77
P/S 1.30 1.20 0.97
P/B 9.74 2.46 2.05
Price to free cash flow 24.64 15.88 20.13
EV/EBITDA 17.31 7.39 10.83
EV/Sales 1.42 1.10 1.41
Earnings yield 3.53% 6.39% 2.33%
Free cash flow yield 4.06% 6.30% 3.89%

Profitability

Metric CAKE YUMC Restaurants median
Gross margin 16.50% 22.02% 38.77%
Operating margin 5.27% 11.11% 4.30%
Net margin 4.61% 7.84% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 5.29% 7.56% 3.12%
Return on equity 38.83% 15.58% 3.72%
Return on assets 5.54% 8.92% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 14.39% 18.03% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CAKE YUMC Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.66% 8.78% 5.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.38%) 7.73% (7.75%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.60% 7.38% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.45% 0.00%

Health

Metric CAKE YUMC Restaurants median
Debt to equity 1.08 0.02 0.10
Current ratio 0.59 0.96 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 1.40 (0.75) 0.43

Dividend

Metric CAKE YUMC Restaurants median
Dividend yield 1.08% 2.59% 2.18%
Payout ratio 0.32 0.41 0.44

Size

Metric CAKE YUMC Restaurants median
Market cap 5.32b 14.31b 488.15m

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