Owner Scorecard


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A grouping · a comparative table

Restaurants

38 companies across the library’s three pools, one row each. The columns are the line items this kind of business is read on; each header names its basis, and the margins and returns are medians over each company’s readable record — the through-cycle level, never one year’s print. Rows open largest first by latest-year revenue, and every column sorts both ways — the re-ordering is the reader’s own act, and a sorted view keeps its order in the address bar. The company stays in view as the columns scroll. A dash is a figure that could not be read; n/a is one that does not apply to that member; both sit at the back of a sorted column.

As a group: median revenue $1.9B; median gross margin 68.4%; median operating margin 7.0%; median owner earnings $104M; median return on invested capital 13.4%; 13 of 37 hold net cash. Medians of this table’s own columns, over the members each applies to · data as of July 9, 2026.

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latest fiscal year, USD median over the record median over the record op. cash − maintenance capex · latest FY, USD after tax · median over the record debt − cash & ST investments · latest FY, USD
SBUX Starbucks Corporation Restaurants $37.2B67.8%15.4%$3.0B84.7%$12.6B
MCD McDonald's Corporation Restaurants $26.9B41.9%$10.1B27.1%$39.9B
ARMK Aramark Restaurants $18.5B10.4%4.1%$432M6.6%$7.6B
DRI Darden Restaurants Inc. Restaurants $12.1B9.5%$1.1B26.7%$1.9B
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Restaurants $11.9B7.9%$1.8B28.2%+$1.0B cash
YUMC Yum China Holdings Inc. Restaurants $11.8B10.3%$1.0B17.1%+$1.4B cash
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. Restaurants $9.4B65.3%29.2%$1.4B11.2%$12.1B
YUM Yum! Brands Inc. Restaurants $8.2B73.4%32.0%$1.8B70.2%$11.3B
TXRH Texas Roadhouse Restaurants $5.9B8.0%$523M22.1%+$85M cash
EAT Brinker Intl Restaurants $5.4B74.2%6.0%$472M22.2%$1.3B
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc. Restaurants $4.9B38.6%17.6%$703M87.9%$4.7B
ARCO Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Restaurants $4.7B98.1%6.1%$99M13.8%$715M
BLMN Bloomin' Brands Inc. Restaurants $4.0B69.1%3.5%$97M12.2%$774M
CAKE Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) Restaurants $3.8B77.0%3.2%$192M13.4%$414M
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc Restaurants $3.5B69.0%4.7%$97M15.8%$445M
WEN Wendy's Restaurants $2.2B63.6%15.7%$243M8.3%$2.5B
PLAY Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. Restaurants $2.1B82.8%12.7%$11M14.7%$1.5B
PZZA Papa John's International Inc. Restaurants $2.1B5.2%$61M35.2%$681M
CHA Chagee Holdings Limited Restaurants $1.9B23.1%$221M+$1.1B cash
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. Restaurants $1.6B26.6%4.8%$180M7.0%+$67M cash
DNUT Krispy Kreme Inc. Restaurants $1.5B0.4%($64M)0.2%$935M
JACK Jack in the Box Restaurants $1.5B50.5%16.9%$104M19.1%$1.7B
SHAK Shake Shack Restaurants $1.4B0.5%$116M1.3%+$112M cash
BJRI BJ's Restaurants Inc. Restaurants $1.4B74.0%1.0%$41M3.4%$53M
FWRG First Watch Restaurant Group Inc. Restaurants $1.2B2.3%$51M1.6%$261M
CAVA CAVA Group Restaurants $1.2B0.6%$111M10.0%+$283M cash
DIN Dine Brands Global Inc. Restaurants $879M62.7%14.2%$53M8.4%$1.1B
HDL SUPER HI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LTD. Restaurants $778M5.4%$85M26.0%+$255M cash
PTLO Portillo's Inc. Restaurants $732M8.2%$43M7.1%$224M
WING Wingstop Restaurants $697M79.7%25.4%$128M47.8%$1.0B
SG Sweetgreen Inc. Restaurants $679M-39.5%($84M)-42.9%+$89M cash
LOCO El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. Restaurants $490M8.5%$32M8.2%$181M
BH Biglari Holdings Inc. Restaurants $395M54.3%4.8%$77M3.0%+$22M cash
KRUS Kura Sushi USA Inc. Restaurants $283M-1.7%$11M-2.0%+$62M cash
BRCB Black Rock Coffee Bar Inc. Restaurants $200M1.5%($10M)+$2M cash
NATH Nathan's Famous Inc. Restaurants $162M43.3%26.0%$18M$24M
MB MasterBeef Group Restaurants $64M9.1%$6M+$17M cash
THCH TH International Limited Restaurants as filed: CN¥1.3B95.4%-57.5%as filed: (CN¥78M)as filed: (CN¥478M)

Every figure is recomputed from the company’s own SEC or EDINET filings, the same way as on its page; the columns name facts, weigh nothing, and form no rank. Foreign filers are stated in US dollars at the dated reference rate (as of 2026-07-17) so each money column sorts on one basis; their own pages keep the records as filed. A foreign filer whose conversion terms are missing shows its money as filed and sorts to the back of the column — never a guessed conversion. Ratios and margins are currency-free.