BABB vs ECXJ vs YUMC Stock Comparison

Bab, Cxj and Yum China Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BABB Bab, Inc.
$0.82 0.0% 1M -9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$5.85M
P/E
8.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.54M
Div. yield
–
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
ECXJ CXJ GROUP CO., Ltd
$1.29 0.0% 1M -31.7% 1Y
Market cap
$131.93M
P/E
2,034x
Revenue (TTM)
$663.21K
Div. yield
–
Consumer Goods Distributors Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
YUMC Yum China Holdings, Inc.
$49.65 +23.4% 1M +10.8% 1Y
Market cap
$17.37B
P/E
17.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.44B
Div. yield
0.02%
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Yum China Holdings leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Yum China Holdings 3, Bab 3, Cxj 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBABBECXJYUMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.85M $131.93M $17.37B YUMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.9x 2,034x 17.8x BABB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 16.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.7% +52.4% +8.8% ECXJ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.5% 9.8% 7.8% BABB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 16.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.9% -31.7% +10.8% YUMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.5%/yr +16.2%/yr -2.7%/yr ECXJ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.8% 372.6% 25.9% YUMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 85/100 35/100 73/100 BABB

Percentile Scorecard

BABBECXJYUMC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBABBECXJYUMC
Valuation 94 #4 of 50 5 #102 of 107 69 #16 of 50
Growth 66 #17 of 48 69 #33 of 103 47 #26 of 48
Profitability 87 #7 of 47 55 #46 of 102 65 #17 of 47
Financial Health 92 #5 of 51 12 #100 of 113 88 #7 of 51
Shareholder Returns 88 #5 of 33 – 94 #3 of 33
Overall 85 35 73
  • BABB ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • ECXJ ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • YUMC ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBABBECXJYUMCSPY
1 month 0.0%0.0%+23.4% -1.0%
3 months -2.4%-4.4%+4.5% -0.4%
6 months -10.9%+61.3%+1.9% +4.5%
Year to date -17.2%-32.1%+4.0% +12.4%
1 year -9.9%-31.7%+10.8% +13.6%
3 years +12.3%+87.0%+9.4% +76.4%
3 years, per year +4.0%+23.2%+3.0% +20.8%
5 years +2.5%+111.5%-12.9% +63.7%
5 years, per year +0.5%+16.2%-2.7% +10.4%
10 years +2.5%+7.5%+80.0% +267.7%
10 years, per year +0.2%+0.7%+6.1% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureBABBECXJYUMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.8%372.6%25.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.2%1,481.3%24.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.37-2.740.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.26-0.090.42 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.3%-99.3%-54.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.8%-32.1%-14.3% -1.6%
52-week high $1.01$1.90$57.95 $779.14
52-week low $0.79$0.07$39.98 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBABBECXJYUMC
P/E now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 22.2x 2,034xmedian 18.4x 17.7xmedian 22.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.2x 198.9xmedian 0.5x 1.4xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 14.2x -538.4xmedian 9.6x 8.6xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 18.0x -4,167xmedian 16.4x 18.2xmedian 18.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 3.1x -82.2xmedian 1.8x 2.8xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.65median 0.94 75.81median 0.83 1.07median 0.94

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBABBECXJYUMC
Revenue $3.54M $663.21K $12.44B
Gross profit – $409.81K $2.14B
Operating income $856.32K $43.82K $1.38B
Net income $654.28K $64.85K $1.05B
Free cash flow $690.05K -$31.66K $940.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.09 $0.00 $2.79
Cash & equivalents $2.40M $55.78K $485.00M
Total debt – – $66.00M
Shares (diluted) 7.26M 102.27M 349.00M
Enterprise value -$3.03M $131.60M $11.03B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBABBECXJYUMC
P/E 9.1x 2,034x 17.7x
P/FCF 8.6x -4,167x 18.2x
P/Operating cash flow 8.6x -4,167x 10.9x
P/S 1.7x 198.9x 1.4x
P/B 1.6x -82.2x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 1.8x -82.2x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 4.1x -538.4x 8.6x
EV/EBIT 4.1x 3,009x 11.4x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 198.8x 1.3x
EV/FCF 5.1x -4,165x 16.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.1x -4,165x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.65 75.81 1.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBABBECXJYUMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.7% 52.4% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.5% -26.2% 6.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.2% 9.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -24.7% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.1% 101.9% 12.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 26.6% 10.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 17.1% 102.8% 6.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 26.8% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.1% 102.8% 13.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 26.8% 16.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.3% 93.1% 9.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 283.9% -27.1% -3.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 2.3% 93.1% 12.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 283.9% -27.1% -4.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBABBECXJYUMC
Gross margin – 61.8% 17.2%
EBITDA margin 24.6% -36.9% 14.9%
Operating margin 24.2% 6.6% 11.1%
Pretax margin 25.7% 11.1% 11.5%
Net margin 18.5% 9.8% 7.8%
FCF margin 19.5% -4.8% 7.6%
Operating cash flow margin 19.5% -4.8% 12.7%
Return on equity 18.0% – 17.3%
Return on assets 13.0% 22.4% 9.7%
Return on invested capital – – 16.5%
Return on capital employed 20.1% – 16.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 2.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -0.5x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBABBECXJYUMC
Debt / assets – – 0.6%
Debt / equity – – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.7x
Debt / FCF – – 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 28.1% 582.9% 44.2%
Equity / assets 71.9% -482.9% 55.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 3.7x 0.2x 1.0x
Quick ratio 3.2x 0.1x 0.6x
Cash ratio 3.1x 0.0x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 1.34 5.32 3.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBABBECXJYUMC
Dividend yield 4.9% – 2.2%
Net buyback yield – – 7.6%
Shareholder yield 4.9% – 9.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 35.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 40.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 24.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 21.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBABBECXJYUMC
Forward P/E – – 16.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – – $3.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +21.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +15.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $12.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – +4.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +6.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBABBECXJYUMC
Held by institutions – – 66.8%
Institutions holding – – 661
Change in shares held, QoQ – – +1.4%
Institutions buying – – 262
Institutions selling – – 231
Buyers to sellers – – 1.13

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BABBECXJYUMC
BABB 1.00 -0.05 0.10
ECXJ -0.05 1.00 0.02
YUMC 0.10 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BABB, ECXJ and YUMC?

Yum China Holdings (YUMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bab (BABB) $5.85M, Cxj (ECXJ) $131.93M, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) $17.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, BABB, ECXJ and YUMC?

Bab (BABB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bab (BABB) 8.9x, Cxj (ECXJ) 2,034x, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 17.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cxj (ECXJ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bab (BABB) +7.7%, Cxj (ECXJ) +52.4%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bab (BABB) has the highest net margin (Bab (BABB) 18.5%, Cxj (ECXJ) 9.8%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Yum China Holdings (YUMC) returned the most: Bab (BABB) -9.9%, Cxj (ECXJ) -31.7%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) +10.8%. Over five years, Cxj (ECXJ) compounded fastest (Bab (BABB) +0.5%/yr, Cxj (ECXJ) +16.2%/yr, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) -2.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Bab (BABB) 0.00%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 0.02%. Bab (BABB) and Cxj (ECXJ) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) has been the steadiest (Bab (BABB) 37.8%, Cxj (ECXJ) 372.6%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 25.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BABB, ECXJ and YUMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) leads on 3. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.