Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. H scored 24.4, YUM scored 71.3 — YUM leads.
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H
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Lodging · Quality-Growth
24.4
$161.94 · $15.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
46.9
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 valueYUM-9%
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)
H
stronger →← stronger
YUM
51
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
88
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
69
6
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
YUM is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
H
YUM
$252mC
FCF
$1.7bC+
+6.8%C+
Rev
+10.3%B
1.24B
D/E
Negative equity
199.9xD
P/E
18.2xB
1.09B+
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
H
YUM
245% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
9% below
~50%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
-78%
1-yr DCF upside
+2%
-71%
5-yr DCF upside
+9%
-58%
10-yr DCF upside
+21%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
H
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cyclical growth
YUM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
HHyatt Hotels Corporation
Lodging · $161.94 · beta 1.40
Why now
Lodging · market cap $15.3b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $206.86 — deep drawdown territory. 24 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $196.88 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($346m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Trailing P/E 199.9x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Net margin 2.3% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 2% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
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
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Where H and YUM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 46.9 points in favor of YUM. The widest single difference is Value, where YUM leads by 54.4 points.
ValueH 5.7 · YUM 60.1YUM +54.4
QualityH 50.7 · YUM 87.7YUM +37.0
GrowthH 50.0 · YUM 68.8YUM +18.8
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 H the better stock?
YUM scores higher: YUM 71.3, H 24.4 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 H differ most?
The widest gap is value, where YUM leads by 54 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 H 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.