CHA vs MCD vs PEP Stock Comparison

Chagee Holdings, Mcdonalds and Pepsico Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CHA Chagee Holdings Ltd.
$11.69 +2.1% 1M -29.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.23B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.84B
Div. yield
7.87%
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
MCD Mcdonalds Corp
$250.64 +7.3% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$177.36B
P/E
20.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.70B
Div. yield
2.97%
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
PEP Pepsico Inc
$132.63 +3.2% 1M -11.7% 1Y
Market cap
$180.74B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.24B
Div. yield
4.37%
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pepsico leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Pepsico 4, Chagee Holdings 4, Mcdonalds 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHAMCDPEPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.23B $177.36B $180.74B PEP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.9x 20.2x 16.6x CHA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.0x 18.9x 15.4x CHA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -2.5% +6.3% +6.4% PEP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.4% 31.7% 11.1% MCD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 25.9% 16.1% MCD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 2.2x PEP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 7.87% 2.97% 4.37% CHA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.4% -18.2% -11.7% PEP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +0.4%/yr -3.9%/yr MCD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.6% 19.8% 21.3% MCD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 50/100 65/100 CHA

Percentile Scorecard

CHAMCDPEP

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

AxisCHAMCDPEP
Valuation 92 #5 of 50 20 #40 of 50 62 #15 of 38
Growth 4 #45 of 47 39 #29 of 47 59 #14 of 33
Profitability 71 #14 of 46 100 #1 of 46 87 #5 of 31
Financial Health 98 #2 of 51 44 #29 of 51 39 #23 of 37
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 32 48 #17 of 32 77 #6 of 23
Overall 73 50 65
  • CHA ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • MCD ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • PEP ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCHAMCDPEPSPY
1 month +2.1%+7.3%+3.2% +0.9%
3 months +3.4%-7.7%-7.6% +5.9%
6 months +9.5%-13.6%-14.6% +8.5%
Year to date +0.5%-18.0%-7.6% +13.3%
1 year -29.4%-18.2%-11.7% +12.4%
3 years —-2.0%-16.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year —-0.7%-6.0% +23.5%
5 years —+2.1%-17.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year —+0.4%-3.9% +11.0%
10 years —+123.6%+23.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+8.4%+2.2% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCHAMCDPEPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.6%19.8%21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.9%20.4%20.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.25-0.01-0.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.56-0.92-0.55 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.3%-32.3%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.4%-26.5%-22.2% -0.9%
52-week high $16.55$341.06$170.49 $779.14
52-week low $9.16$230.86$123.73 $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.

MultipleCHAMCDPEP
P/E now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 20.8x 20.2xmedian 20.8x 16.6xmedian 26.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.1x 6.4xmedian 1.1x 1.8xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.0x 14.4xmedian 13.0x 11.8xmedian 17.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.6xmedian 17.6x 24.0xmedian 17.6x 17.3xmedian 18.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 3.2x -173.4xmedian 3.2x 8.0xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.08 4.70median 1.08 1.67median 2.10

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 monthsCHAMCDPEP
Revenue $1.84B $27.70B $98.24B
Gross profit – $24.86B $53.22B
Operating income $151.10M $12.80B $15.05B
Net income $140.02M $8.79B $10.97B
Free cash flow $233.21M $7.39B $10.47B
EPS (diluted) $0.83 $12.36 $7.97
Cash & equivalents $963.92M $822.00M $10.68B
Total debt – $162.65B $208.67B
Shares (diluted) 164.71M 711.10M 1.37B
Enterprise value -$2.45B $172.18B $138.70B

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
MetricCHAMCDPEP
P/E 13.9x 20.2x 16.6x
P/FCF 9.6x 24.0x 17.3x
P/Operating cash flow 9.6x 15.6x 12.4x
P/S 1.2x 6.4x 1.8x
P/B 1.8x -173.4x 8.0x
P/Tangible book 1.8x -173.4x 21.2x
EV/EBITDA – 14.4x 11.8x
EV/EBIT 7.2x 16.9x 14.7x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 7.8x 2.3x
EV/FCF 4.7x 29.3x 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.7x 19.1x 15.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.70 1.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHAMCDPEP
Revenue growth (1Y) -2.5% 6.3% 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 5.3% 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 4.8% 2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -54.0% 7.3% 47.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% 10.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -50.7% 4.7% 50.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% 9.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -68.9% 5.7% 51.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% 10.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -27.1% 15.8% 23.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.1% 6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -27.1% 18.0% 54.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 8.3% 14.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHAMCDPEP
Gross margin – 89.7% 54.2%
EBITDA margin – 54.4% 19.1%
Operating margin 8.2% 46.2% 15.3%
Pretax margin 10.6% 40.4% 14.0%
Net margin 7.4% 31.7% 11.1%
FCF margin 12.6% 26.7% 10.7%
Operating cash flow margin 12.6% 40.9% 14.8%
Return on equity 12.0% – 49.0%
Return on assets 8.1% 14.6% 9.8%
Return on invested capital – 25.9% 16.1%
Return on capital employed 11.5% 22.9% 19.4%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHAMCDPEP
Debt / assets 1.5% 66.5% 46.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x -39.0x 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 5.4x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 30.8% 101.7% 79.9%
Equity / assets 69.2% -1.7% 20.1%
Interest coverage – 7.9x 13.6x
Current ratio 3.4x 1.1x 0.9x
Quick ratio 3.0x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio 2.9x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.90 4.60 3.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHAMCDPEP
Dividend yield 7.9% 3.0% 4.4%
Net buyback yield – 1.2% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 7.9% 4.1% 4.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 59.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 70.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.3% –

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.

ConsensusCHAMCDPEP
Forward P/E 8.0xFY2026 18.9xFY2026 15.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.47FY2026 $13.24FY2026 $8.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +67.0%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +6.8% +3.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.22BFY2026 $29.23BFY2026 $96.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +20.1%FY2026 +8.7%FY2026 +2.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.4% -4.0% +11.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHAMCDPEP
Held by institutions 8.9% 74.2% 79.1%
Institutions holding 47 3,476 3,416
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +0.4% +5.8%
Institutions buying 28 1,536 1,502
Institutions selling 15 1,486 1,515
Buyers to sellers 1.87 1.03 0.99

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.

CHAMCDPEP
CHA 1.00 0.08 -0.01
MCD 0.08 1.00 0.46
PEP -0.01 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHA, MCD and PEP?

Pepsico (PEP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chagee Holdings (CHA) $2.23B, Mcdonalds (MCD) $177.36B, Pepsico (PEP) $180.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, CHA, MCD and PEP?

Chagee Holdings (CHA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chagee Holdings (CHA) 13.9x, Mcdonalds (MCD) 20.2x, Pepsico (PEP) 16.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Chagee Holdings (CHA) is cheapest (Chagee Holdings (CHA) 8.0x, Mcdonalds (MCD) 18.9x, Pepsico (PEP) 15.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Pepsico (PEP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Chagee Holdings (CHA) -2.5%, Mcdonalds (MCD) +6.3%, Pepsico (PEP) +6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mcdonalds (MCD) has the highest net margin (Chagee Holdings (CHA) 7.4%, Mcdonalds (MCD) 31.7%, Pepsico (PEP) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Mcdonalds (MCD) leads (Mcdonalds (MCD) 25.9%, Pepsico (PEP) 16.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pepsico (PEP) returned the most: Chagee Holdings (CHA) -29.4%, Mcdonalds (MCD) -18.2%, Pepsico (PEP) -11.7%. Over five years, Mcdonalds (MCD) compounded fastest (Mcdonalds (MCD) +0.4%/yr, Pepsico (PEP) -3.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Chagee Holdings (CHA) has the highest dividend yield: Chagee Holdings (CHA) 7.87%, Mcdonalds (MCD) 2.97%, Pepsico (PEP) 4.37%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mcdonalds (MCD) has been the steadiest (Chagee Holdings (CHA) 52.6%, Mcdonalds (MCD) 19.8%, Pepsico (PEP) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHA, MCD and PEP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pepsico (PEP) leads on 4. 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.