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Restaurant Brands International LPQSP-UN.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Consumer Discretionary›Restaurants

TSX-listed exchangeable partnership units economically equivalent to Restaurant Brands International common stock.

Momentum strong 73
Mkt cap
$35.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
6%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1,166
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+4.3 pp
WACC 5.3%
Hurdle
-14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · CADC$105.67
1D0.0%
1W0.0%
1M+2.1%
3M+4.0%
6M+11.9%
YTD+12.4%
1Y+15.0%
ATR %0.2%
52w lowhigh4.0% off high

What Restaurant Brands International LP does

TSX-listed exchangeable partnership units economically equivalent to Restaurant Brands International common stock.

Franchises nearly all its restaurants, so it earns royalties as a share of franchisees' sales plus rent and supply income, rather than restaurant sales themselves. In 2024 it bought Carrols, its largest US Burger King franchisee, to rebuild and refurbish those restaurants.

Products and services

  • Exchangeable units mirroring QSR

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Quick-service restaurants
  • Franchise holding structure

What could go right

  • Same drivers as QSR: Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes growth

What could go wrong

  • Same risks as QSR

Moat: none. A pass-through unit class, not a separate business; economics identical to Restaurant Brands International.

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada · Founded: 2014 · Employees: 53,500

Named competitors

Restaurant Brands International LP at a glance

Size Restaurant Brands International LP (QSP-UN.TO) is a Canada Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $35.9B, the 32nd largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$105.67 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 11.9%, against +6.5% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 12 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.1%); the operating margin is 27.8% (peer median 12.2%).

Valuation It trades at 5.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.5× (3rd most expensive of 12).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.3 points above its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026QSP-UN.TO 117Peer median 108
Six months, rebased to 100: Restaurant Brands International LP against the median of its 11 peers (local-currency closes).

Restaurant Brands International LP financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$13.6BC$13.2BC$11.5BC$9.48BC$8.47B
Revenue growth—+14%+22%+12%—
Gross profitC$6.61BC$6.35BC$5.96BC$5.49BC$4.74B
EBITDAC$4.19BC$4.00BC$3.60BC$3.17BC$2.86B
Net incomeC$2.67BC$1.50BC$1.98BC$2.31BC$1.93B
Free cash flowC$2.19BC$2.02BC$1.78BC$1.62BC$1.81B
Capital expenditureC$393MC$370MC$275MC$162MC$130M
Total debtC$22.3BC$21.5BC$22.9BC$19.1BC$19.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Restaurant Brands International LP competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%0%+10%+20%QSRCMGYUMDRIYUMCARMK7550TXRHDPZSBUXSWQSP-UN.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Restaurant Brands International LP is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+5%+10%2×4×6×QSRCMGYUMDRIYUMCARMK7550TXRHDPZSBUXSWQSP-UN.TORevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Restaurant Brands International LP is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+10%+20%0%10%20%QSRCMGYUMDRIYUMCARMK7550TXRHDPZSBUXSWQSP-UN.TOGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Restaurant Brands International LP is the large dot.

Restaurant Brands International LP competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (QSP-UN.TO vs QSR vs MCD vs WEN)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Restaurant Brands International LP QSP-UN.TO$35.9B+12%+5%28%5.2×1.0%
Restaurant Brands International QSR$35.1B-3%+6%27%5.2×6.3%
McDonald's MCD$196B0%+6%46%7.0×4.1%
Wendy's WEN$1.55B+12%-1%13%2.3×2.4%
Yum! Brands YUM$44.0B+7%+9%32%6.1×-0.2%
Starbucks SBUX$120B+1%+2%11%3.7×18.5%

How Restaurant Brands International LP compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Restaurant Brands International LP against its 11 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureQSP-UN.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.1%+10.9%2nd lowest of 12
6-month return+11.9%+6.5%5th highest of 12
Distance from 52-week high-4.0%-7.0%3rd highest of 12
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.8%+8.1%4th lowest of 12
Operating margin27.8%12.2%2nd highest of 12
EV / Sales5.2×2.5×3rd most expensive of 12
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)1.0%6.3%3rd least demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+14.6%+7.8%4th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-13.6 pp-5.4 pp2nd least demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.3 pp+7.6 pp4th lowest of 12
EV / EBITDA17.0×15.5×6th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA5.0×3.1×most indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Restaurant Brands International LP QSP-UN.TOCanada$35.9B+12%+5%28%5.2×1.0%+14.6%
Restaurant Brands International QSRUnited States$35.1B-3%+6%27%5.2×6.3%+13.7%
Chipotle Mexican Grill CMGUnited States$43.6B+6%+8%15%3.8×15.1%+14.8%
Yum! Brands YUMUnited States$44.0B+7%+9%32%6.1×-0.2%+7.8%
Darden Restaurants DRIUnited States$25.6B+15%+8%12%2.5×7.5%+12.9%
Yum China YUMCUnited States$17.1B+6%+10%13%1.5×-7.5%+7.4%
Aramark ARMKUnited States$13.9B+17%+11%4%1.0×16.1%+7.6%
Zensho 7550.TJapan$12.2B+41%+12%7%1.6×6.1%+16.3%
Texas Roadhouse TXRHUnited States$12.1B+4%+10%8%2.1×13.8%+19.6%
Domino's DPZUnited States$11.0B+4%+4%20%3.1×1.8%+3.7%
Starbucks SBUXUnited States$120B+1%+2%11%3.7×18.5%+5.5%
Sodexo SW.PAFrance$9.91B+28%0%3%0.5×6.0%+6.6%

Questions

Who are Restaurant Brands International LP's main competitors?
Named competitors: Restaurant Brands International (QSR), McDonald's (MCD), Wendy's (WEN), Yum! Brands (YUM), Starbucks (SBUX). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum China (YUMC), Aramark (ARMK).
Is Restaurant Brands International LP expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 5.2× against a peer median of 2.5×, 3rd most expensive of 12 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Restaurant Brands International LP stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +11.9% against +6.5% for the median peer; over one year +15.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.