Best Restaurants Stocks for 2026
Restaurants split between capital-light, high-ROIC franchisors and the more capital-heavy company-operated cohort; same-store-sales growth separates the two.
Restaurants splits between the franchise-light asset-light global majors (capital-light, high-ROIC) and the company-operated cohort (capital-heavy, more cyclical). Composite scoring uses the Quality pillar (margin durability and ROIC) and the Growth pillar (same-store-sales growth); Valuation pillar uses EV/EBITDA against unit growth.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Restaurants stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8371.HK | Taste Gourmet Group Ltd | 75.6 |
| 2 | PTSP.JK | Pioneerindo Gourmet International | 74.3 |
| 3 | CHA.US | Chagee Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares | 71.6 |
| 4 | CHSN.US | Chanson International Holding Class A Ordinary Shares | 69.7 |
| 5 | HVTA.LSE | Heavitree Brewery A | 68.9 |
| 6 | ARCO.US | Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc | 68.0 |
| 7 | HVT.LSE | Heavitree Brewery | 67.1 |
| 8 | SUR.JSE | Spurcorp | 67.1 |
| 9 | BDL.US | Flanigans Enterprises Inc | 64.9 |
| 10 | 6862.HK | Haidilao International Holding Ltd | 64.2 |
| 11 | EAT.US | Brinker International Inc | 63.9 |
| 12 | 6811.HK | Tai Hing Group Holdings Ltd | 63.6 |
| 13 | MAGURO.BK | MAGURO GROUP PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED | 62.7 |
| 14 | 8432.HK | Bar Pacific Group Holdings Ltd | 62.5 |
| 15 | CAKE.US | The Cheesecake Factory | 62.2 |
| 16 | BPF-UN.TO | Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund | 62.0 |
| 17 | HDL.US | SUPER HI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LTD. American Depositary Shares | 62.0 |
| 18 | NATH.US | Nathans Famous Inc | 61.3 |
| 19 | ARKR.US | Ark Restaurants Corp | 60.9 |
| 20 | KDTN.JK | PT Puri Sentul Permai Tbk | 60.0 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.