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Restaurant Brands International Inc (QSR) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Restaurant Brands International Inc

QSR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Restaurant Brands International owns and franchises quick-service restaurant chains, organised into Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes, Firehouse Subs, an International division and a Restaurant Holdings unit. Tim Hortons sells coffee and baked goods, Burger King sells flame-grilled burgers, Popeyes sells Louisiana-style fried chicken, and Firehouse Subs sells sandwiches and sides. It is headquartered in Miami and operates across Canada, the United States and other countries through owned and franchised outlets.
Where it sits in the stack
Restaurant Brands sits outside the AI build-out and carries no seat in our index; the diary places it in the Consumer Cyclical sleeve of our wider universe, under the Restaurants industry grouping.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on scored Consumer Cyclical names based in the US, including Brinker International, SharkNinja, Deckers Outdoor, Lululemon Athletica, Maplebear, Autoliv, Magna International and Murphy USA; the market also compares it with McDonald's.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, with quality the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no seat in our index and has drawn no quotes in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the weaker momentum reading persists alongside a firmer quality score, and how the mix across its franchise brands shifts if one segment slows relative to the others.

Restaurant Brands International Inc (QSR) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 51/100 composite (momentum 48, quality 65, valuation 53) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for QSR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Guggenheim, 2026-09-18

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for QSR from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Guggenheim — target 86 from 85 Target raised to $86 from $85 (+17.3% to spot) 2026-09-18
  • Price target Seaport Research — target 88 Target set to $88 (+16.5% to spot) 2026-09-16
  • Initiation Seaport Global — at Buy Initiated to Buy from Neutral 2026-09-16

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Restaurants · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Restaurants · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against QSR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.38%, quarterly · buybacks 33 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What QSR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.19 USD per share · a 4.38% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +157.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.24 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.65 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-18
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.48 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.95 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-21
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.11 bn USD 66% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 33 m USD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.7% in FY2025 151 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 1.14 bn USD · 79% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: −1.7% week · −6.4% month · −5.0% quarter · −4.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Restaurant Brands International Inc (QSR)?

Restaurant Brands International Inc trades as QSR on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is QSR in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Restaurant Brands International Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Restaurant Brands International Inc's Closelook composite score?

51 out of 100, with momentum 48, quality 65 and valuation 53 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does QSR trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and +0% vs the 200-day average, 11% below the 52-week high and +20.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Restaurant Brands International Inc do?

Restaurant Brands International owns and franchises quick-service restaurant chains, organised into Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes, Firehouse Subs, an International division and a Restaurant Holdings unit. Tim Hortons sells coffee and baked goods, Burger King sells flame-grilled burgers, Popeyes sells Louisiana-style fried chicken, and Firehouse Subs sells sandwiches and sides. It is headquartered in Miami and operates across Canada, the United States and other countries through owned and franchised outlets. Closelook's peer group draws on scored Consumer Cyclical names based in the US, including Brinker International, SharkNinja, Deckers Outdoor, Lululemon Athletica, Maplebear, Autoliv, Magna International and Murphy USA; the market also compares it with McDonald's.

Where does Restaurant Brands International Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Restaurant Brands sits outside the AI build-out and carries no seat in our index; the diary places it in the Consumer Cyclical sleeve of our wider universe, under the Restaurants industry grouping. It carries a Closelook score, with quality the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no seat in our index and has drawn no quotes in the diary's editions.

Does Restaurant Brands International Inc pay a dividend?

Restaurant Brands International Inc has paid 3.19 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.38% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.65 USD on 2026-09-18. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.11 bn USD in dividends and bought back 33 m USD of its own shares, 79% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Restaurant Brands International Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Restaurant Brands International Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Guggenheim on 2026-09-18 (target 86 from 85). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for QSR, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Restaurants, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.