Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EAT scored 67.4, HLT scored 46.3 — EAT leads.
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EAT
Brinker International, Inc.
Restaurants · Quality-Growth
67.4
$193.87 · $8.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
21.1
EAT leads
HLT
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
Lodging · Quality-Growth
46.3
$326.56 · $73.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestEAT17.8x
Fastest growthEAT+7.9%
Highest qualityHLT97 / 100
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)
EAT
stronger →← stronger
HLT
81
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
97
73
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
52
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
21
EAT is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EAT
HLT
$558mC+
FCF
$1.9bC+
+7.9%B
Rev
+7.7%B
3.96D
D/E
Negative equity
17.8xB
P/E
47.9xD
1.70C+
PEG
1.34B
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
EAT
HLT
3% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
114% above
~8%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~30%/yr
-10%
1-yr DCF upside
-60%
-3%
5-yr DCF upside
-53%
+8%
10-yr DCF upside
-42%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EAT
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
HLT
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cyclical growth
The companies
EATBrinker International, Inc.
Restaurants · $193.87 · beta 1.26
Why now
Restaurants · market cap $8.1b. Down 24% from 52-week high of $254.99 — deep drawdown territory. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $262.59 (implying +35% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 114% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
D/E 3.96 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
HLTHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
Lodging · $326.56 · beta 1.10
Why now
Lodging · market cap $73.5b. 9% off the 52-week high of $358.00. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $353.00 (implying +8% upside).
Moat
Net margin 31% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. FCF converts 122% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($349m) that doesn't repeat every year. $73.5b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trailing P/E 48x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 14.4x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where EAT and HLT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 21.1 points in favor of EAT. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueEAT 51.7 · HLT 20.5EAT +31.2
GrowthEAT 73.4 · HLT 50.0EAT +23.4
QualityEAT 80.8 · HLT 96.9HLT +16.1
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 EAT or HLT the better stock?
EAT scores higher: EAT 67.4, HLT 46.3 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 EAT and HLT differ most?
The widest gap is value, where EAT leads by 31 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 EAT and HLT 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.