Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. WING scored 64.4, YUM scored 71.3 — YUM leads.
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WING
Wingstop Inc.
Restaurants · Quality-Growth
64.4
$122.26 · $3.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.9
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)
WING
stronger →← stronger
YUM
82
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
88
72
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
69
46
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
YUM is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
WING
YUM
$128mC
FCF
$1.7bC+
+7.6%B
Rev
+10.3%B
Negative equity
D/E
Negative equity
29.0xC
P/E
18.2xB
1.57C+
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
WING
YUM
98% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
9% below
~32%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
-59%
1-yr DCF upside
+2%
-50%
5-yr DCF upside
+9%
-34%
10-yr DCF upside
+21%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
WING
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
YUM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
WINGWingstop Inc.
Restaurants · $122.26 · beta 1.81
Why now
Restaurants · market cap $3.3b. Down 60% from 52-week high of $302.80 — deep drawdown territory. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $196.08 (implying +60% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 110% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 60% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.81 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
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 WING and YUM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.9 points in favor of YUM. The widest single difference is Value, where YUM leads by 14.5 points.
ValueWING 45.6 · YUM 60.1YUM +14.5
QualityWING 81.5 · YUM 87.7YUM +6.2
GrowthWING 71.7 · 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 WING the better stock?
YUM scores higher: YUM 71.3, WING 64.4 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 WING differ most?
The widest gap is value, where YUM leads by 15 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. YUM also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are YUM and WING 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.