McDonald's Versus Starbucks: Dividend Stock Analysis by Sure Dividend
McDonald's and Starbucks are the two largest food/beverage restaurant chains in the world.
McDonald's currently has a market cap of $91.9 billion, while Starbucks has a market cap of $86.1 billion. Both companies are around the same size.
Starbucks was founded in 1971. McDonald's was founded in 1955. Over the last decade, Starbucks has compounded its earnings-per-share at a tremendous 17.9% a year. McDonald's has delivered above average earnings-per-share growth of 10.9% a year.
In recent years, Starbucks has continued to grow rapidly, while McDonald's has stagnated. The table below shows both companies expected earnings-per-share in 2016 and 2015, as well as historical earnings-per-share going back to 2010:
| Year | Starbucks | McDonald's |
| 2016...
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