The Query:
Create a table with two columns comparing Mcdonalds and Starbucks on the basis of -- worldwide sales, number of employees, worldwide sales divided by number of employees, market value, earnings, PE ratio, sales growth over the last three years, earnings growth over the last three years, and annual dividends as percent of most recent stock price
The Table:
Some Comments:
SBUX sales are 40 percent higher than MCD sales but number of SBUX employees is 240 percent higher than number of MCD employees.
Sales growth of both companies are similar but MCD has better earnings growth
PE ratios of both companies is high. SBUX PE ratio is substantially higher than MCD PE ratio.
Dividend payout yield virtually identical.
Recommendation:
Neither company is a buy at this point in time.