DRVN vs LKQ vs QSR Stock Comparison

Driven Brands Holdings, Lkq and Restaurant Brands International Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LKQ Lkq Corp
$18.10 -21.7% 1M -39.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.65B
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.51B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Goods Distributors Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Restaurant Brands International leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Restaurant Brands International 7, Driven Brands Holdings 2, Lkq 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDRVNLKQQSRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.04B $4.65B $25.31B QSR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.3x 18.3x 16.9x DRVN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.5x 7.2x 18.4x LKQ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.6% -0.4% +5.5% DRVN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.6% 1.9% 15.3% QSR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.8% 4.2% 13.7% QSR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 3.2x 4.1x LKQ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.9% -39.7% +10.6% QSR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -18.0%/yr -20.0%/yr +5.2%/yr QSR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.8% 44.3% 25.0% QSR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 58/100 58/100 QSR

Percentile Scorecard

DRVNLKQQSR

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

AxisDRVNLKQQSR
Valuation 56 #15 of 33 85 #17 of 104 45 #28 of 50
Growth 62 #12 of 30 6 #92 of 98 67 #16 of 47
Profitability 56 #13 of 28 57 #42 of 97 71 #14 of 46
Financial Health 22 #29 of 37 49 #57 of 110 32 #35 of 51
Shareholder Returns – 93 #6 of 70 74 #9 of 32
Overall 49 58 58
  • DRVN ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • LKQ ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • QSR ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDRVNLKQQSRSPY
1 month +2.3%-21.7%+2.2% +0.7%
3 months -15.9%-19.9%-1.7% +3.7%
6 months -11.1%-42.7%-9.5% +7.1%
Year to date -18.6%-40.1%+7.0% +12.8%
1 year -18.9%-39.7%+10.6% +11.9%
3 years +8.3%-58.3%+10.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.7%-25.3%+3.2% +22.8%
5 years -62.8%-67.1%+29.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year -18.0%-20.0%+5.2% +10.9%
10 years —-43.6%+67.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year —-5.6%+5.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDRVNLKQQSRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.8%44.3%25.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.3%53.0%25.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.410.590.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.34-0.900.43 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.1%-71.5%-27.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.4%-48.0%-10.6% -1.2%
52-week high $17.09$34.80$81.67 $779.14
52-week low $10.30$17.10$65.69 $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.

MultipleDRVNLKQQSR
P/E now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 13.3x 18.0xmedian 17.0x 17.0xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.2x 0.3xmedian 0.5x 2.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 9.3x 7.5xmedian 9.2x 12.7xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 14.1x 7.5xmedian 15.6x 16.1xmedian 17.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.0x 0.7xmedian 1.7x 4.6xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.53median 0.27 -0.52median 0.77 0.93median 0.93

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 monthsDRVNLKQQSR
Revenue $1.93B $13.51B $9.78B
Gross profit – $5.14B $5.30B
Operating income $269.79M $648.00M $2.64B
Net income $165.27M $254.00M $1.97B
Free cash flow $133.78M $610.00M $1.58B
EPS (diluted) $1.00 $1.00 $3.28
Cash & equivalents $183.95M $319.00M $974.00M
Total debt $1.69B $3.72B $13.27B
Shares (diluted) 164.94M 252.90M 457.00M
Enterprise value $1.50B $3.38B $21.10B

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
MetricDRVNLKQQSR
P/E 12.0x 18.0x 17.0x
P/FCF 14.9x 7.5x 16.1x
P/Operating cash flow 6.4x 5.7x 13.7x
P/S 1.0x 0.3x 2.6x
P/B 2.4x 0.7x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 8.8x 0.9x -4.8x
EV/EBITDA 8.8x 7.5x 12.7x
EV/EBIT 12.9x 12.3x 14.3x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 0.6x 3.9x
EV/FCF 26.1x 13.1x 23.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.2x 10.0x 20.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.53 -0.52 0.93

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDRVNLKQQSR
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.6% -0.4% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.6% 0.4% 12.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -2.6% 4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.6% 5.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 62.7% -41.0% 19.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.1% -22.1% 11.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 163.3% -63.7% 53.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% -35.7% 14.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 163.0% -63.0% 62.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.9% -34.4% 18.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.8% -17.8% 13.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.8% -16.8% 11.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 276.7% -15.5% 12.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.1% -17.3% 8.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDRVNLKQQSR
Gross margin – 38.1% 54.2%
EBITDA margin 20.4% 7.8% 30.4%
Operating margin 14.0% 4.8% 27.0%
Pretax margin 8.3% 3.4% 21.9%
Net margin 8.6% 1.9% 15.3%
FCF margin 6.9% 4.5% 16.2%
Operating cash flow margin 16.2% 5.9% 19.1%
Return on equity 20.6% 4.0% 36.1%
Return on assets 4.8% 1.7% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 10.8% 4.2% 13.7%
Return on capital employed 8.6% 5.5% 11.6%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.9x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 3.1x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.3% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDRVNLKQQSR
Debt / assets 47.6% 25.1% 52.5%
Debt / equity 2.0x 0.6x 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 3.2x 4.1x
Debt / FCF 12.6x 6.1x 8.4x
Liabilities / assets 76.5% 57.3% 78.1%
Equity / assets 23.5% 42.7% 21.9%
Interest coverage 2.8x 3.0x –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.7x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 0.96 2.32 1.64

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDRVNLKQQSR
Dividend yield – 6.6% 3.5%
Net buyback yield – 2.7% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 9.3% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusDRVNLKQQSR
Forward P/E 10.5xFY2026 7.2xFY2026 18.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.15FY2026 $2.50FY2026 $3.96FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.0%FY2026 -16.9%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +30.4% +19.2% +8.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.93BFY2026 $12.80BFY2026 $10.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.6%FY2026 -6.2%FY2026 +8.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.9% +12.8% -10.0%
DRVN estimates →LKQ estimates →QSR estimates →

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDRVNLKQQSR
Held by institutions 43.3% 100.0% 92.2%
Institutions holding 193 534 576
Change in shares held, QoQ -8.5% -1.5% +6.5%
Institutions buying 111 263 319
Institutions selling 51 214 166
Buyers to sellers 2.18 1.23 1.92
DRVN holders →LKQ holders →QSR holders →

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.

DRVNLKQQSR
DRVN 1.00 0.26 0.27
LKQ 0.26 1.00 0.27
QSR 0.27 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DRVN, LKQ and QSR?

Restaurant Brands International (QSR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) $2.04B, Lkq (LKQ) $4.65B, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) $25.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, DRVN, LKQ and QSR?

Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 12.3x, Lkq (LKQ) 18.3x, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 16.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lkq (LKQ) is cheapest (Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 10.5x, Lkq (LKQ) 7.2x, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 18.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) +7.6%, Lkq (LKQ) -0.4%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International (QSR) has the highest net margin (Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 8.6%, Lkq (LKQ) 1.9%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 15.3%). On return on invested capital, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) leads (Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 10.8%, Lkq (LKQ) 4.2%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 13.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Restaurant Brands International (QSR) returned the most: Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) -18.9%, Lkq (LKQ) -39.7%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +10.6%. Over five years, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) compounded fastest (Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) -18.0%/yr, Lkq (LKQ) -20.0%/yr, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +5.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) has been the steadiest (Driven Brands Holdings (DRVN) 55.8%, Lkq (LKQ) 44.3%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 25.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DRVN, LKQ and QSR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) leads on 7. 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.