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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
MCD vs. YUM: Which Restaurant Stock is Better Positioned Now?
McDonald's Corporation MCD and Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM are two global powerhouses in the quick-service restaurant industry. Both companies operate extensive international networks and primarily use a franchised business model. In recent years, both McDonald's and Yum! Brands have prioritized digital innovation and global expansion as key strategies to drive growth and enhance customer broader restaurant industry continues to gain from higher menu pricing, average check growth and aggressive expansion. Both companies are also seeing positive momentum from strategic partnerships with third-party delivery services and ongoing digital said, there are a few challenges that affect the companies. Elevated labor costs and persistent food inflation are squeezing margins. Additionally, inflation-driven menu price hikes are beginning to impact customer traffic in certain the current mix of industry tailwinds and headwinds, which stock, McDonald's or Yum! Brands, offers the better value for investors today? Let us take a closer look to find out. The company's strong record of innovation, leadership and adaptability continues to position it for success, even amid challenging market conditions. McDonald's is the world's largest chain of fast-food restaurants, with a presence in more than 100 countries. Its offerings have reached the billion-dollar brand status through sustained product innovation and geographic company is also focusing on expansion efforts. McDonald's plans to open 2,200 restaurants globally in 2025. McDonald's expects to open 600 restaurants in the United States and international operated markets. MCD also plans to open more than 1,600 restaurants in the International Developmental Licensed segment, including 1,000 in China. It aims to open 50,000 restaurants by is focused on menu innovation to drive growth, emphasizing its core billion-dollar brands and expanding affordable offerings. In 2025, it launched the McValue platform in the United States, and introduced everyday affordable price menus and value bundles in key international markets, including Canada. The company also debuted McCrispy Chicken Strips nationwide and is testing new beverages inspired by CosMc's. With McCrispy now in 70 markets and a new chicken item planned for 2026, McDonald's continues to strengthen its global chicken portfolio and value-driven menu since the launch of the loyalty program in the United States, MCD has been able to transform its offerings across drive-thru, takeaway, delivery, curbside pick-up and dine-in. The company has already introduced a loyalty program in more than 60 markets, including the United States, Germany, Canada, the U.K., Australia and increased digital adoption, the company is optimistic about its loyalty members' growth trend. Since the launch of its loyalty program, the total number of 90-day active users has reached more than 170 million. Furthermore, in 2024, the system-wide sales to loyalty members were about $30 billion. It anticipates reaching 90-day active users to 250 million with $45 billion in annual loyalty system-wide sales by the end of 2027. YUM! Brands is gaining traction with its next-generation growth initiatives aimed at capturing evolving consumer preferences. YUM's 'easy operations' pillar is focused on streamlining restaurant operations and empowering team members. In the first quarter 2025, the company extended its Byte Restaurant Coach tool to an additional 5,000 stores. This digital platform supports consistent and scalable performance management through routine tools and training. Meanwhile, Taco Bell U.S. onboarded 1,500 more restaurants to the Byte Back of House platform, raising the total to 3,000 stores. This progress marks a step forward in developing a fully connected kitchen ecosystem aimed at enhancing efficiency and enabling data-driven operational decisions. YUM plans for full system-wide adoption in Brands reported steady progress in global development in the first quarter, with 751 store openings across 68 countries. KFC led the development effort, opening 528 units — the second-highest first-quarter total in the brand's history — driven by strong performance in key markets such as China, India, Japan and Thailand. With a global average payback period of less than five years, and even more attractive returns in China, Thailand and the Middle East, KFC continues to be a cornerstone of YUM's expansion Pizza Hut added 198 stores in 34 markets, and Taco Bell posted 24 gross openings. Though Taco Bell's net unit growth was affected by strategic closures in Malaysia and China's Tier 2 cities, the brand remains on track to achieve 100 net international openings in 2025, with momentum strongest in the U.K., Spain and company is also gaining from robust comps growth. In the first quarter of 2025, worldwide comps at Yum! Brands increased 3% year over year compared with a 1% rise in the previous quarter. The improvement was fueled by robust growth across multiple international markets, including a 13% comp increase in Korea, 8% in Africa and 6% in Canada, aided by localized innovation and value-led aims to drive comp growth in 2025 through deeper market penetration and an expanded range of offerings like tenders, nuggets, twisters and sandwiches. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for McDonald's 2025 sales and EPS implies year-over-year growth of 1.6% and 4.4%, respectively. Earnings estimates for 2025 have witnessed upward revisions of 0.2% in the past 30 days. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Yum! Brands' 2025 sales implies a year-over-year increase of 6.8% and the same for EPS indicates a gain of 9.7%. Earnings estimates for 2025 have witnessed upward revisions of 0.3% in the past 30 days. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The MCD stock has gained 7.6% in the year-to-date period compared with the industry and the S&P 500's 0.5% growth and 0.3% decline, respectively. Conversely, YUM shares have risen 7.4% in the same time frame. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research MCD is trading at a forward 12-month price-to-earnings ratio of 24.69X, above its median of 23.72X over the last year. YUM's forward earnings multiple is 22.99X, slightly below its median of 22.68X over the same time frame. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Yum! Brands appears slightly ahead of McDonald's at the moment due to its stronger expected earnings and sales growth trajectory, driven by aggressive global expansion, faster same-store sales growth across key international markets, and deeper digital integration in operations. While McDonald's remains a solid performer with robust loyalty engagement and expansion plans, YUM's more dynamic international development, broader innovation pipeline and higher earnings momentum suggest that it is currently executing more effectively on growth opportunities. Both YUM and MCD currently carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report McDonald's Corporation (MCD) : Free Stock Analysis Report Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Fehler beim Abrufen der Daten Melden Sie sich an, um Ihr Portfolio aufzurufen. Fehler beim Abrufen der Daten Fehler beim Abrufen der Daten Fehler beim Abrufen der Daten Fehler beim Abrufen der Daten
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Border Toll Crisis: Daily Traffic Nightmares and Pollution in Delhi-NCR, ET Infra
Advt Advt He leaves office by 6.30pm, which ought to have left enough room for family time. Instead, for years, Harsh Bharadwaj hasn't known a weekday evening. He spends most of it on the road. What ought to have been nothing more than a 20-minute drive from Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon to Mahipalpur in Delhi is a stop-start one-hour crawl. And that's on a good day."One always gets stuck at Sirhaul toll plaza, behind hundreds of cabs that are queued up there to pay toll. After that, It's bumper-to-bumper traffic towards Delhi. Sometimes, it takes an hour just to cross Rajokri flyover from Udyog Vihar. With all the braking and accelerating, you are drained by the time you reach. The entire evening feels wasted," says Bharadwaj, echoing the plight of lakhs of people who are left to negotiate daily a traffic disaster on the border that is precipitated by toll collection - a problem everyone is aware of, but no one is willing to solve. Daily traffic just at Delhi-Gurgaon border is estimated at 3-3.5 lakh passenger car to MCD toll booths for collection of entry fee and environment compensation charge (ECC) from cabs and commercial vehicles, the capital's borders have for years been chokepoints. It's getting worse by the day as traffic volume between Delhi and the NCR cities surges, normalising the unending wait that those like Bharadwaj must put up with. With 10 major highways and expressways leading into Delhi, the capital's road grid is far superior to any other Indian city. But the gains of such a modern road network are sacrificed at its doorways."There is a dire need to find a solution to this stopping of vehicles for collecting toll before the two other expressway links - DND Flyway to Mumbai Expressway and Delhi-Dehradun Expressway - become operational. If you have physical toll collection points, the purpose of building high speed corridors is defeated. We have seen the impact of this on the Delhi-Gurgaon and Delhi-Meerut expressways," a central govt official just its method of collection, the toll itself is out of tune with the ground realities of Delhi-NCR. Though Gurgaon and Faridabad are in Haryana, and Noida, Ghaziabad in UP, the four cities with Delhi as the mother lode are in effect a continuum, together comprising India's largest urban region supporting one of the world's highest concentrations of urban this mix are millions of people who live in Delhi and work in NCR, and vice-versa. And they commute not just to work, but to party, shop and socialise. "But every time I take a cab, I have to pay ₹100 to Delhi and ₹120 to UP. This is utterly ridiculous," says Meghna, who works with a Delhi-based firm and lives in are several reasons why the central, Delhi, Haryana and UP govts - all of them now BJP-ruled - must review the toll.a. It effectively puts an additional tax on people living in Delhi-NCRb. It disincentivises people who choose public transport since all cabs need to pay entry feec. It does not distinguish between clean energy (like CNG and electric) and polluting fuels like dieseld. It mars road entries into India's capital city by clogging up borderse. The congestion it creates is a yearlong local pollution sourcef. The toll collection method is outdated. Not aligned with FASTag, it adds to congestionGovt officials TOI spoke to agreed a relook is needed and so is a redesign of all the points where MCD toll is collected, "though the best option is to remove them altogether".Recently, members of a parliamentary panel on transport had flagged the issue of huge congestion at Sirhaul, following which senior officials from NCR states and the road transport ministry have held two rounds of meetings. Sources said the roadmap to address the issue of congestion on NHs and expressways at all border points will be finalised in the next couple of weeks.
Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘College kahan hai?' Years after land allotted in Ghumanhera, villagers still wait
Fifteen years ago, Gulshan Tyagi, who now runs a cyber cafe in Shikarpur village on the outskirts of Southwest Delhi, had enrolled in Delhi University's Shaheed Bhagat Singh College. But he had to drop out within a year. 'It is in Chirag Dilli, more than 45 km away. It just wasn't possible to commute every day,' he recalls. He eventually completed his degree from DU's School of Open Learning (SOL). Tyagi, who is now 38, observes that not much has changed since then. His cyber cafe is frequented by a large number of local students, who, according to him, opt to register for open and distance learning courses instead of choosing regular colleges. The reason is the same. Most colleges are far away. 'After Class 12, most students don't even think about regular college. They just start working and take admission in Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),' he shares. In 2018, a government proposal to establish a college on 16.5 acres of gram sabha land in neighbouring Ghumanhera village ignited a spark of hope among residents of Shikarpur, Jhatikara, Jhuljhuli, among other villages. Seven years later, that land still lies vacant. Earlier this month, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh announced the construction of an Om-shaped Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school in Ghumanhera and a cow shelter, estimated to cost Rs 47 crore. The cowshed is pitched to be Delhi's largest government-run facility of its kind. It is set to come up near the site earmarked for the college. At the groundbreaking ceremony on May 18, the PWD Minister said the new MCD school, to be built at the cost of Rs 6 crore, would have six smart classrooms, among other facilities. But residents remain unconvinced. 'College kaha hai… college toh hai hi nahi (Where is the college? There is none),' says Manoj Singh Yadav, a resident of Ghumanhera. 'Our children are going as far as Dwarka, and Rajouri Garden, and even to colleges in Haryana. Some just quit studies after school.' 'Who are these new schools for?' asks Tyagi, who is also a member of the managing committee of a senior secondary government school in Shikarpur. 'There are already four government schools in Ghumanhera, including two MCD schools. The children of daily-wage workers study here, but the attendance is low,' he says. A government boys' senior secondary school in Ghumanhera has 140 students enrolled. The girls' Sarvodaya Vidyalaya has 504. In Jhatikra, the government built a new building for just 160 school students, adds Tyagi. A close look at the school infrastructure in the surrounding area shows a similar pattern. From Sarangpur to Hasanpur, Malikpur to Rawta, schools are scattered across villages with inconsistent enrolments, limited secondary school options, and no college campus in sight. In Shikarpur, a defunct MCD girls' school is now used by two to three village families to house cattle. 'There's no need to build more buildings,' says Tyagi. Gulab Singh, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Matiala, the Assembly constituency where the village is located, points out that 'the land for the college is already available and belongs to the gram sabha'. 'I coordinated with various departments for five to six years, worked on layouts, enrolment projections, even discussed transportation,' he says, and adds, 'PWD prepared a layout plan. The only thing left was to transfer land from DDA to the Revenue Department. Then suddenly, the government announced a cow shelter and another school.' Earlier this month, Centre for Youth Culture Law and Environment (CYCLE), a nonprofit, issued a legal notice to the Delhi government, citing contempt of Supreme Court and Delhi High Court orders that protect gram sabha lands from being diverted without public consultation. The nonprofit claimed that the new projects – the cow shed and the MCD school — did not align with the requirements of residents. 'How can we expect students, and especially girls, to go far away from these facilities that are the only way forward for them to secure a future,' says Paras Tyagi, co-founder of CYCLE. A project site map showed that the proposed college site in Ghumanhera, roughly 90 bighas and 18 biswas, is surrounded by more than a dozen villages within a 3–4 km radius: Jhatikara, Shikarpur, Jhuljhuli, Sarangpur, Rawta, Malikpur, Dariyapur Khurd, Hasanpur, Pandawala Khurd, Daulatpur, and Sherpur. The nearest government college, Bhagini Nivedita, is eight kilometres away. An internal report by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi, seen by The Indian Express, gave details of the joint inspection of the Ghumanhera site in 2018. Citing an interaction with locals, it underlined, 'The villagers pleaded that there are no educational institutions within a 15 km radius of the proposed site and the students passing out of the nearby schools have to travel 20–25 km to the nearest colleges of Delhi University. Villagers were interested in an institution of higher education offering courses in humanities, and social sciences, and not in technical education.' The report described the site as 'a wasteland… only entry available presently is a 150–200 metres walk on 10 feet wide pagdandi (narrow footpath).' 'Admissions in any college or university are done on the basis of merit or entrance examination, and therefore, there is no assurance for local students to get admission in the proposed college or university,' the report underlined. The Indian Express reached out to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), the Public Works Department (PWD), for comments, but did not receive any response. MLA Sandeep Sehrawat said he will gather details of the matter. Meahwile, according to AAP's Singh, when the site was first identified, he raised the matter in the Delhi Assembly and sought priority for locals. 'If a college comes up, then 85% of the reservation should be for our children,' he insisted. Ram Kishan, 86, a resident, says the government is wasting what could be a transformative opportunity. 'The biggest hurdle is the lack of access road to the site land. Had measures been taken to build a connecting road, would the project remain stalled?' he asks. Moreover, Ghumanhera was once known for its hockey players. 'It was a big thing when we managed to get a turf ground placed here,' recalls Tyagi. 'But now, a large part of the youth is getting pulled into criminal activities. The COBRA gang that operates in this belt also has roots in this village. If a higher education institute is built here, it will change how our youth see themselves and their future.' According to Singh, 'it was a dream to build the hockey turf' in the village. 'We achieved that. But the bigger dream was to set up a college. That would have changed lakhs of lives in all the villages and colonies nearby,' he says.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Delhi govt to increase hospital bed availability, upgrade medical infra
Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday announced that her government is working towards a sharp upgrade in Delhi's healthcare infrastructure, aiming to increase hospital bed availability from 0.47 beds per 1,000 people to at least three. Speaking at a public event in her constituency of Shalimar Bagh, Gupta said the city's poor health care capacity was a legacy of years of neglect. 'I may not make grand promises, but I can say with certainty that Delhi now has a government that works,' she said. 'In our first 100 days, we have taken multiple policy decisions to address long-standing issues that had left people frustrated.' She said a high-level health committee meeting held on Tuesday revealed an alarming gap in infrastructure. 'The WHO recommends two beds per 1,000 people, but Delhi doesn't even have one. This is a serious concern. We are now working towards a goal of three beds per 1,000 residents,' Gupta said. The announcement came amid a mild uptick in Covid-19 cases, though the government has stressed there is no cause for panic and preparations are in place for any eventuality. The government, she added, has already started initiatives such as the distribution of Ayushman Bharat health cards to senior citizens, offering financial protection across all socio-economic backgrounds. 'It's an unprecedented move to support the elderly across sections,' she said. At a separate event marking her government's completion of 100 days in power, Gupta expressed gratitude to the people of Delhi for the BJP's landslide victory. She said the synergy between the Centre, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and the state government was now beginning to show results on the ground. 'There is coordination between Delhi, MCD and the Centre. All of us are working toward a developed Delhi. The people's vote has changed the city's fate,' she said. Gupta is set to present a detailed 'report card' of her government's first 100 days, at a mega event at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on May 31. Earlier on Wednesday, she toured parts of Shalimar Bagh to inspect ongoing development projects. In Pitampura, she inaugurated newly constructed footpaths at SU and UU Parks and unveiled upgraded roads and civic infrastructure in NP, PD, and QD blocks. Reflecting on her journey from councillor to CM, Gupta said, 'When I was elected in 2007, these parks were barren and neglected. We added paths, toilets, swings, open gyms — and now, as CM, I pledge to turn this space into a beautiful 'Amrit Udyan'.' She also announced the completion of a new Ring Road stretch between Madhuban Chowk and Mukarba Chowk, constructed at a cost of ₹13 crore. 'It is our resolve to make every neighbourhood clean, beautiful, and safe. This wave of development will not stop,' Gupta said. With the BJP government approaching the 100-day milestone, the CM has sought to frame the party's tenure as one of decisive action, infrastructure revamp, and visible public service delivery — a contrast, she said, to 'governments that only fought and failed to fix.'
Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
DMRC to take over desilting of covered Sunheri drain in S Delhi
New Delhi: Post-monsoon, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will take over the task of desilting the Sunheri drain in south Delhi. The work, to be carried out on behalf of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), will entail cutting a portion of the covered drain and opening the RCC deck slabs to create space for desilting. The 900-metre-long, 50-metre-wide drain, which passes through Dayal Singh College and Sunheri bus depot, has not been desilted since being covered in 2010, according to DMRC. The site frequently witnesses waterlogging, impacting nearby areas like Golf Links and Bharti Nagar. A DMRC official said the project, estimated to cost Rs 35 crore, is expected to be completed within a period of one year once work commences. "We were approached for desilting a portion of the covered Sunheri nullah. A tender has been floated and work will start after all requirements, such as award of tender, allotment of funds and mobilisation of the contractor, are finalised," he said, adding that the last date for filing applications is June 4. For the coming monsoon season, MCD will continue to be responsible for the desilting and ensuring there is no waterlogging. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Sunehari nullah is a covered RCC box drain located at Lodhi Road. The project document states, "Its upstream end starts in Dayal Singh College premises and the downstream side ends in Sunehri bus depot at Lala Lajpat Rai flyover. There are five RCC boxes of width 10 m, and the depth varies from 3.5 m to 5.5 m. The drain was constructed in 2010, and it has not been desilted so far. The work includes desilting and cleaning of all five RCC box-covered drains. " The project will also entail making openings in the RCC boxes at suitable points for access and restoration. "A small portion of the RCC box drain (50 metres) will be taken out, followed by making a bund with sandbags at both ends to divert the flow of water. Dewatering will be done, making necessary ventilation arrangements, using a crane or cranes, expert manpower with proper safety equipment for removal of sludge, and its disposal," states the document. MCD had earlier informed NGT the project will be funded by NDMC. "DMRC is to carry out the modification in the covered portion of the Sunehri Pul drain and desilt it using appropriate methodology. The NDMC chairman has been formally requested to release the funds to DMRC," it told NGT, which is currently hearing the matter related to desilting of 24 major drains with outlets in the Yamuna.
