Best Restaurants Stocks in the United States for 2026

Top-ranked Restaurants stocks in United States. Top Restaurants stocks ranked by 4-pillar fundamental composite score.

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 Jun 29, 2026 (updated daily)

Top 20 Restaurants stocks in United States by composite score

#	Ticker	Name	Sector	Composite	P/E
1	CHA.US	Chagee Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares	Consumer Cyclical	71.4	17.5
2	EAT.US	Brinker International Inc	Consumer Cyclical	71.0	13.8
3	CHSN.US	Chanson International Holding Class A Ordinary Shares	Consumer Cyclical	70.3	0.4
4	ARCO.US	Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc	Consumer Cyclical	69.3	7.8
5	BDL.US	Flanigans Enterprises Inc	Consumer Cyclical	68.2	10.6
6	HDL.US	SUPER HI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LTD. American Depositary Shares	Consumer Cyclical	63.5	26.8
7	NATH.US	Nathans Famous Inc	Consumer Cyclical	62.3	19.4
8	GTIM.US	Good Times Restaurants Inc	Consumer Cyclical	61.3	7.7
9	CAKE.US	The Cheesecake Factory	Consumer Cyclical	61.3	19.4
10	YUMC.US	Yum China Holdings Inc	Consumer Cyclical	60.2	17.1
11	BJRI.US	BJs Restaurants Inc	Consumer Cyclical	59.8	23.5
12	RAVE.US	Rave Restaurant Group Inc	Consumer Cyclical	57.2	14.5
13	WEN.US	The Wendy’s Co	Consumer Cyclical	56.9	10.0
14	LOCO.US	El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc	Consumer Cyclical	56.7	15.2
15	MB.US	MasterBeef Group Ordinary Shares	Consumer Cyclical	56.0	-
16	CMG.US	Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc	Consumer Cyclical	54.9	28.0
17	TXRH.US	Texas Roadhouse Inc	Consumer Cyclical	53.5	28.8
18	YUM.US	Yum! Brands Inc	Consumer Cyclical	53.3	23.9
19	PTLO.US	Portillo's Inc	Consumer Cyclical	53.0	19.2
20	RICK.US	RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc	Consumer Cyclical	52.7	-

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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 within the Restaurants industry, the United States. Use the screener for the full ranked list.