Analyzing Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) and Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL)

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) and Super Hi International (NASDAQ:HDL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Yum! Brands and Super Hi International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yum! Brands	$8.21 billion	5.38	$1.56 billion	$5.55	28.81
Super Hi International	$840.76 million	1.06	$36.43 million	$0.70	19.62

Yum! Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Super Hi International. Super Hi International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yum! Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Yum! Brands and Super Hi International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum! Brands	0	8	12	0	2.60
Super Hi International	2	0	0	0	1.00

Yum! Brands presently has a consensus target price of $174.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Yum! Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than Super Hi International.

Profitability

This table compares Yum! Brands and Super Hi International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum! Brands	18.98%	-22.42%	23.46%
Super Hi International	4.33%	9.61%	5.11%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yum! Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Yum! Brands beats Super Hi International on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Yum! Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

About Super Hi International

Super Hi International Holding Ltd., an investment holding company, operates Haidilao branded Chinese cuisine restaurants in Asia, North America, and internationally. The company is involved in the food delivery business. It also engages in sale of hot pot condiment products and food ingredients. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Singapore.