Yum China Holdings Inc is scored 58 for moat and 93 for management. The management score rests on a return on invested capital of 11.8% and a gross margin of 17.3% — figures that describe a business turning capital into profit efficiently. Debt sits at 0.44x equity. The moderate moat and exceptional management are not the same judgement, and the gap between them is where the argument about this business sits.
Three independent anchors set the price worth paying. Growth is modelled at 7.4% a year, the rate measured from the filings. The exit multiple assumed is 14.8x. That produces an intrinsic value of $20.23, a 10-CAP price of $32.70 and a payback time price of $36.52, with the value zone set at the highest of the three, $36.52. Today's price of $40.96 sits 12% above it.
The operating figures describe a business performing at a high level; the price asks for that performance to continue and then some. A margin of safety score of 25 is the measure of how little room that leaves for being wrong.
| Price | $40.96 |
| Market cap | $14.3B |
| P/E ratio | 15.1x |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% |
| Debt to equity | 0.44x |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.9% |
| Growth rate used | 7.4% |
| Growth rate measured | 7.0% |
| Exit multiple assumed | 14.8x |
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| Domino's (DPZ) | 67 | $207.33 |
| CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA) | 54 | $13.40 |
| Darden Restaurants (DRI) | 66 | $160.15 |
| Restaurant Brands Intl. (QSR) | 54 | $53.50 |
Every number above is built on assumptions that can be changed. In Moatly you can move the growth rate, the exit multiple and the margin of safety and watch every figure recalculate, so you are testing your own view of Yum China Holdings Inc rather than accepting ours.