LCID
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
QSR
Restaurant Brands International Inc.
QSR has the edge over LCID overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger valuation.
LCID Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
LCID's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
QSR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
QSR's profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
LCID PE Valuation
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
QSR PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 18x | $75.48 | — |
| Forward | 18x | $75.48 | — |
| Cheap | 19x | $82.16 | +8.8% |
| Fair | 23x | $99.03 | +31% |
| Expensive | 28x | $121 | +61% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
QSR's PE is in its cheap range at 17.6x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 17.5x.
LCID Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect LCID's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
QSR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect QSR's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
LCID Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$13.08 | -$2.57 |
| Q2 2026 | -$13.65 | -$2.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$13.15 | -$1.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.09 | +$0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | -$10.51 | +$2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.30 | +$0.40 |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.90 | +$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.50 | +$1.10 |
LCID is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $13.08 per share over the past year, against $16.50 at its worst in mid-2023.
QSR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.30 | +0.3% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.29 | +53% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.71 | +41% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.83 | -4.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.35 | -26% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.81 | -29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.64 | -34% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.95 | -24% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.18 | -15% |
QSR has the edge over LCID on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LCID Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $350.3M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $405.3M | +56% |
| Q1 2026 | $282.5M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $522.7M | +123% |
| Q3 2025 | $336.6M | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $259.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $235M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $234.5M | +49% |
LCID has the edge over QSR on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -245% | +35 points |
| Q2 2026 | -267% | +43 points |
| Q1 2026 | -350% | -56 points |
| Q4 2025 | -204% | +109 points |
| Q3 2025 | -280% | +105 points |
| Q2 2025 | -310% | +83 points |
| Q1 2025 | -294% | +128 points |
| Q4 2024 | -313% | +156 points |
LCID's operating margin was −245% last quarter, up 35 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
QSR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.5B | +3.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.5B | +4.6% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.3B | +7.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.5B | +7.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.4B | +6.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.4B | +16% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.1B | +21% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
QSR's revenue has grown year over year for 23 quarters in a row: $2.5B last quarter, up 3.1% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 28% | +0.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 28% | +8.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 27% | +6.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 25% | -2.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 27% | +1.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 20% | -12 points |
| Q1 2025 | 21% | -11 points |
| Q4 2024 | 28% | +1.9 points |
QSR has the edge over LCID on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LCID Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1B | -$84.2M |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.5B | -$463.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.4B | -$849M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.2B | -$417.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$955.5M | -$333M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -$271.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$589.9M | +$125.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$824.8M | -$77.6M |
LCID has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$5.2B over the past year, against −$3.4B the year before.
QSR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $479M | -9.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $479M | +17% |
| Q1 2026 | $169M | +213% |
| Q4 2025 | $453M | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | $531M | +9.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $411M | +41% |
| Q1 2025 | $54M | -56% |
| Q4 2024 | $404M | +13% |
QSR has the edge over LCID on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
LCID Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.3% | +12.5M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +82.4M shares |
| 3 years | +73% | +166M shares |
LCID has 395M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2020 | — |
QSR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.7% | -3M shares |
| 1 year | 0% | -- |
| 3 years | +0.7% | +3M shares |
| 5 years | -2.6% | -12M shares |
QSR has the edge over LCID on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $274M |
| Q2 2026 | $138M |
| Q1 2026 | $32M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | $385M |
| Q3 2023 | $115M |
| Q2 2023 | — |
| Q1 2023 | — |
LCID Net Leverage
LCID's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
QSR Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.2x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 4.2x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 4.6x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 4.8x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 4.9x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 5.2x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.9x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 4.6x | High |
QSR's net debt is about 4.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 4.9 years a year ago.
LCID Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.1 | Oversold |
LCID's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
QSR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 48.0 | Neutral |
QSR's weekly RSI is 52 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 48 (neutral).
LCID PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
QSR PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | QSR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 18x | 18x | 2.4% below |
| PE % | 7 | 47 | 40 pts below |
QSR is trading at 18x earnings, in line with the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
LCID Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.53 | 7.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.88 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.33 | 56% below |
| 100 week MA | $15.4 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $31.9 | 90% below |
LCID is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 90% below its 200-week average.
QSR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $73.5 | 2.7% above |
| 20 week MA | $75.0 | 0.6% above |
| 50 week MA | $73.8 | 2.3% above |
| 100 week MA | $69.9 | 8% above |
| 200 week MA | $70.5 | 7% above |
QSR has the edge over LCID on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
LCID Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $98.9 | $100.4 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $100.4 | $376.4 | +275% |
| 2022 | $376.4 | $67.0 | -82% |
| 2023 | $67.0 | $42.1 | -37% |
| 2024 | $42.1 | $32.0 | -24% |
| 2025 | $32.0 | $11.4 | -64% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.4 | $3.25 | -72% |
LCID has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 72% so far in 2026.
QSR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $64.5 | $60.7 | -5.9% |
| 2021 | $60.7 | $59.3 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | $59.3 | $65.0 | +9.6% |
| 2023 | $65.0 | $78.1 | +20% |
| 2024 | $78.1 | $65.5 | -16% |
| 2025 | $65.5 | $69.9 | +6.6% |
| 2026 YTD | $69.9 | $75.5 | +8% |
QSR has the edge over LCID on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.