PC vs DRI vs MLCO Stock Comparison

Premium Catering (Holdings), Darden Restaurants and Melco Resorts & Entertainment Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DRI Darden Restaurants Inc
$213.25 +6.7% 1M +15.4% 1Y
Market cap
$24.20B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.37B
Div. yield
–
Full-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Darden Restaurants leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Darden Restaurants 5, Melco Resorts & Entertainment 5, Premium Catering (Holdings) 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPCDRIMLCOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $274.48M $24.20B $1.53B DRI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 20.5x 6.5x MLCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.0x 11.1x MLCO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.1% +5.2% DRI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 8.8% 5.0% DRI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 32.9% 231.9% MLCO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.1x -2.9x MLCO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months 0.0% +15.4% -53.4% DRI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +8.2%/yr -19.1%/yr DRI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 0.0% 27.9% 39.3% PC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 48/100 85/100 MLCO

Percentile Scorecard

PCDRIMLCO

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

AxisPCDRIMLCO
Valuation – 33 #34 of 50 100 #1 of 44
Growth – 26 #35 of 47 91 #5 of 43
Profitability – 80 #10 of 46 88 #6 of 41
Financial Health 94 #4 of 51 28 #37 of 51 61 #19 of 47
Shareholder Returns – 75 #9 of 33 –
Overall – 48 85
  • PC ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • DRI ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • MLCO ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPCDRIMLCOSPY
1 month 0.0%+6.7%-18.0% -0.8%
3 months 0.0%+4.5%-31.0% +3.5%
6 months 0.0%+7.3%-30.6% +7.0%
Year to date 0.0%+15.9%-48.7% +12.2%
1 year 0.0%+15.4%-53.4% +13.0%
3 years —+49.7%-53.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+14.4%-22.7% +23.1%
5 years —+48.6%-65.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+8.2%-19.1% +11.0%
10 years —+248.7%-77.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+13.3%-13.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasurePCDRIMLCOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 0.0%27.9%39.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —28.2%46.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.000.180.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —0.55-1.36 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.3%-28.1%-74.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-6.4%-58.7% -1.8%
52-week high $9.40$227.72$9.39 $779.14
52-week low $9.40$169.21$3.73 $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.

MultiplePCDRIMLCO
P/E now vs peer median —median 20.5x 20.5xmedian 20.5x 6.6xmedian 17.1x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.1x 1.8xmedian 1.1x 0.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.3x 12.4xmedian 13.3x 7.5xmedian 10.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 17.5x 23.5xmedian 17.5x 3.1xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 28.0xmedian 3.1x 11.7xmedian 3.1x 179.9xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.07 2.37median 1.07 0.19median 0.57

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 monthsPCDRIMLCO
Revenue – $13.37B $4.69B
Gross profit – $4.46B $4.54B
Operating income – $1.56B $477.81M
Net income – $1.18B $196.16M
Free cash flow – $1.03B $506.29M
R&D – – $4.78M
EPS (diluted) – $10.33 $0.59
Cash & equivalents $971.86K $220.50M $454.26M
Total debt – $2.62B $14.51M
Shares (diluted) 29.20M 114.40M 400.63M
Enterprise value $270.03M $23.29B -$1.40B

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
MetricPCDRIMLCO
P/E – 20.5x 6.6x
P/FCF – 23.5x 3.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.5x 2.0x
P/S – 1.8x 0.3x
P/B 28.0x 11.7x 179.9x
P/Tangible book 28.0x 33.4x -9.0x
EV/EBITDA – 12.4x 7.5x
EV/EBIT – 17.0x 2.4x
EV/Revenue – 2.0x 0.2x
EV/FCF – 25.8x 2.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 14.8x 1.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.37 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPCDRIMLCO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.1% 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 7.5% 35.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -32.7% 5.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -7.5% 35.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 9.1% 24.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 8.9% 53.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 7.5% 914.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 6.3% 32.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 10.5% 347.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 8.6% 34.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 0.7% 3.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 8.7% 84.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -4.4% -3.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.0% 38.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPCDRIMLCO
Gross margin – 33.4% 96.6%
EBITDA margin – 16.0% 3.3%
Operating margin – 11.7% 10.2%
Pretax margin – 10.2% 4.0%
Net margin – 8.8% 5.0%
FCF margin – 7.7% 10.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 13.4% 16.9%
Return on equity – 55.3% 1,233%
Return on assets – 9.1% 3.2%
Return on invested capital – 32.9% 231.9%
Return on capital employed – 15.9% 9.4%
Asset turnover – 1.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.5x 4.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPCDRIMLCO
Debt / assets – 19.8% 0.2%
Debt / equity – 1.3x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.1x -2.9x
Debt / FCF – 2.5x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 13.7% 84.4% 99.9%
Equity / assets 86.3% 15.6% 0.1%
Interest coverage – – 1.4x
Current ratio 9.6x 0.3x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.1x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 2.47 0.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPCDRIMLCO
Dividend yield – 2.9% –
Net buyback yield – 2.8% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 5.7% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusPCDRIMLCO
Forward P/E – 18.0xFY2026 11.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $11.87FY2026 $0.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +11.6%FY2026 -23.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.9% +45.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $14.53BFY2026 $5.40BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +10.0%FY2026 +4.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -3.5% -8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPCDRIMLCO
Held by institutions – 97.6% 25.7%
Institutions holding – 1,083 165
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.9% -6.1%
Institutions buying – 578 84
Institutions selling – 325 49
Buyers to sellers – 1.78 1.71

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.

PCDRIMLCO
PC – – –
DRI – 1.00 0.10
MLCO – 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PC, DRI and MLCO?

Darden Restaurants (DRI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) $274.48M, Darden Restaurants (DRI) $24.20B, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) $1.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, PC, DRI and MLCO?

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Darden Restaurants (DRI) 20.5x, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 6.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) is cheapest (Darden Restaurants (DRI) 18.0x, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 11.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Darden Restaurants (DRI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Darden Restaurants (DRI) +8.1%, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Darden Restaurants (DRI) has the highest net margin (Darden Restaurants (DRI) 8.8%, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 5.0%). On return on invested capital, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) leads (Darden Restaurants (DRI) 32.9%, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 231.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Darden Restaurants (DRI) returned the most: Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) 0.0%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) +15.4%, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) -53.4%. Over five years, Darden Restaurants (DRI) compounded fastest (Darden Restaurants (DRI) +8.2%/yr, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) -19.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) has been the steadiest (Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) 0.0%, Darden Restaurants (DRI) 27.9%, Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 39.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PC, DRI and MLCO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Darden Restaurants (DRI) leads on 5. 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.