Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BRSL scored 28.0, YUM scored 71.3 — YUM leads.
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BRSL
Brightstar Lottery PLC
Gambling · Quality-Growth
28
$9.84 · $1.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
43.3
YUM leads
YUM
Yum! Brands, Inc.
Restaurants · Quality-Growth
71.3
$144.82 · $39.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthYUM+10.3%
Highest qualityYUM88 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueYUM-9%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BRSL
stronger →← stronger
YUM
57
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
88
12
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
69
32
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
YUM is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BRSL
YUM
-$2.2bF
FCF
$1.7bC+
-0.0%D+
Rev
+10.3%B
2.19C
D/E
Negative equity
0.7xB+
P/S
—
—
PEG
1.83C+
—
P/E
18.2xB
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BRSL
YUM
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
9% below
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
+2%
—
5-yr DCF upside
+9%
—
10-yr DCF upside
+21%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BRSL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cut its dividend
YUM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
BRSLBrightstar Lottery PLC
Gambling · $9.84 · beta 1.15
Why now
Gambling · market cap $1.8b. Down 44% from 52-week high of $17.59 — deep drawdown territory. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $16.24 (implying +65% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
D/E 2.19 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Free cash flow is negative (-$2.2b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Down 44% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
YUMYum! Brands, Inc.
Restaurants · $144.82 · beta 0.55
Why now
Restaurants · market cap $39.5b. 15% off the 52-week high of $170.14. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $171.06 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
Net margin 25% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BRSL and YUM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 43.3 points in favor of YUM. The widest single difference is Growth, where YUM leads by 56.6 points.
GrowthBRSL 12.2 · YUM 68.8YUM +56.6
QualityBRSL 57.3 · YUM 87.7YUM +30.4
ValueBRSL 31.6 · YUM 60.1YUM +28.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is YUM or BRSL the better stock?
YUM scores higher: YUM 71.3, BRSL 28.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do YUM and BRSL differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where YUM leads by 57 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. YUM leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are YUM and BRSL scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.