Restaurant Brands International (QSR) is outperforming McDonald's (MCD) in earnings growth and market share gains, posting 8.5% US same-store sales growth compared to McDonald's 0.8%. Despite this, McDonald's maintains a valuation premium of over 25% on free cash flow and 17% on forward price-to-earnings ratio. QSR targets an 8% adjusted earnings growth by 2026 and offers a higher dividend yield of 3.5%. The author favors holding QSR over McDonald's due to its stronger growth, better valuation, and superior dividend yield.
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