Restaurant Brands International Inc. operates as a quick service restaurant company in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It operates through six segments: Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Firehouse Subs, International, and Restaurant Holdings. The company owns and franchises Tim Hortons, a coffee and baked good restaurant chain that offers beverages, sandwiches, wraps, flatbread pizzas, and others; Burger …
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Restaurant Brands International ranks #9 of 57
scored companies in Restaurants by moat score — the top 16%.
The widest moat in the group is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near QSR in Restaurants
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 84
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 91
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 68
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 55
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 59
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Restaurant Brands International's moat score?
Restaurant Brands International (QSR) scores 70 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants, the top 16%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 56 companies in Restaurants. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (91/100) and its weakest is Resilience (55/100).
How does Restaurant Brands International compare with other Restaurants companies?
Restaurant Brands International ranks #9 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score. The widest moat in Restaurants is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) at 72 just above it and Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) at 70 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 56 companies in Restaurants. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Restaurant Brands International scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Restaurant Brands International?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and QSR scores: Pricing Power (68), Cost Advantage (84), Customer Stickiness (91), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (55), Scale & Market Position (59). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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