Better Buy: McDonald's vs. Restaurant Brands International
Fast food isn't exactly a growth industry in the U.S. On the contrary, while international expansion continues to move the needle, restaurants have been in a slugfest here in the states as a myriad of new fast-casual upstarts have popped up in the last decade. And now, new challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic are presenting themselves -- chief among them, adapting to digital and delivery channels.
Against this backdrop, shares of the world's largest restaurant chain McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) are up over 90% over the last trailing-five-year stretch, and fellow burger slinger Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) (parent of Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes) shares are up a more modest 40%-plus over the same time period. With a new decade beginning -- and one that's sure to be very different from the last -- one of these fast-food empires looks like a better buy right now.
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