Reviewing Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) and MasterBeef Group (NASDAQ:MB)

MasterBeef Group (NASDAQ:MB) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for MasterBeef Group and Yum! Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MasterBeef Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Yum! Brands	0	8	12	0	2.60

Yum! Brands has a consensus target price of $176.22, suggesting a potential upside of 13.52%. Given Yum! Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yum! Brands is more favorable than MasterBeef Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.4% of Yum! Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of MasterBeef Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Yum! Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares MasterBeef Group and Yum! Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MasterBeef Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yum! Brands	20.48%	-23.51%	22.95%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MasterBeef Group and Yum! Brands”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MasterBeef Group	$58.99 million	1.76	-$6.75 million	N/A	N/A
Yum! Brands	$8.21 billion	5.21	$1.56 billion	$6.20	25.04

Yum! Brands has higher revenue and earnings than MasterBeef Group.

Summary

Yum! Brands beats MasterBeef Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MasterBeef Group

MINDBODY, Inc. operates a cloud-based business management software and payments platform for the small and medium-sized businesses in the wellness services industry. Its platform enables businesses to run, market, and build scheduling and online booking, performance tracking, staff management, client relationship management, integrated payment processing, retail point-of-sale, purchase tracking, inventory, hardware integration, analytics and reporting, branded Web, mobility, social integration, client acquisition dashboard, security and compliance, and integration with other cloud-based partners for yoga, Pilates, indoor cycling, group and personal training, boutique fitness, salons, spas, and integrative health businesses. The company offers its software platform to its subscribers as a subscription-based service. It also connects consumers with businesses through its MINDBODY app, a consumer-facing mobile application that allows consumers to discover, evaluate, book, and pay for wellness services; MINDBODY Network, a fee-based platform that connects its customers with local consumers through the MINDBODY app and third-party partner applications, or Websites; and MINDBODY API Platform and Partner Ecosystem, a platform focuses in areas, such as marketing automation, accounting, loyalty, mobile, and social interactions. The company sells its subscriptions through a direct sales team primarily in San Luis Obispo, California; the United Kingdom; and Australia. MINDBODY, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.

About Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. The company operates through the KFC Division, the Taco Bell Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Habit Burger Grill Division segments. It also operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches, Mexican-style food categories, and other food products. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. Yum! Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.