Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BYD scored 62.7, YUM scored 71.3 — YUM leads.
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BYD
Boyd Gaming Corporation
Resorts & Casinos · Quality-Growth
62.7
$68.93 · $5.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.6
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)
BYD
stronger →← stronger
YUM
68
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
88
48
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
69
76
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
YUM is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BYD
YUM
-$50mF
FCF
$1.7bC+
+4.1%C+
Rev
+10.3%B
1.30B
D/E
Negative equity
1.2xB
P/S
—
3.03D
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
BYD
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
BYD
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
Earnings outpace cash
YUM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
BYDBoyd Gaming Corporation
Resorts & Casinos · $68.93 · beta 1.13
Why now
Resorts & Casinos · market cap $5.0b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $91.41 — deep drawdown territory. 16 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $95.50 (implying +39% upside).
Moat
Net margin 44% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 93% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$50m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk.
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 BYD and YUM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.6 points in favor of YUM. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthBYD 47.8 · YUM 68.8YUM +21.0
QualityBYD 67.9 · YUM 87.7YUM +19.8
ValueBYD 75.9 · YUM 60.1BYD +15.8
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 BYD the better stock?
YUM scores higher: YUM 71.3, BYD 62.7 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 BYD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where YUM leads by 21 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are YUM and BYD 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.