Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DRI scored 62.9, YUM scored 71.3 — YUM leads.
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DRI
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Restaurants · Quality-Growth
62.9
$197.66 · $22.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.4
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
CheapestYUM18.2x
Fastest growthYUM+10.3%
Highest qualityYUM88 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueDRI-16%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DRI
stronger →← stronger
YUM
81
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
88
70
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
69
44
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
YUM is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DRI
YUM
$1.1bC+
FCF
$1.7bC+
+9.4%B
Rev
+10.3%B
4.15D
D/E
Negative equity
19.2xB
P/E
18.2xB
2.05C
PEG
1.83C+
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
DRI
YUM
16% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
9% below
~3%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
+9%
1-yr DCF upside
+2%
+19%
5-yr DCF upside
+9%
+35%
10-yr DCF upside
+21%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DRI
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
YUM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
DRIDarden Restaurants, Inc.
Restaurants · $197.66 · beta 0.62
Why now
Restaurants · market cap $22.4b. 14% off the 52-week high of $229.76. 25 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $233.44 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
ROE 55% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
D/E 4.15 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
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 DRI and YUM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.4 points in favor of YUM. The widest single difference is Value, where YUM leads by 15.7 points.
ValueDRI 44.4 · YUM 60.1YUM +15.7
QualityDRI 80.5 · YUM 87.7YUM +7.2
GrowthDRI 69.7 · YUM 68.8level
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 DRI the better stock?
YUM scores higher: YUM 71.3, DRI 62.9 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 DRI differ most?
The widest gap is value, where YUM leads by 16 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. YUM also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are YUM and DRI 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.