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

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Signals for this name

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

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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: +2.4% week · −2.6% month · −2.9% quarter · +4.3% 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 → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.20 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How QSR has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.20 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Restaurant Brands International Inc moved 0.20% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 21% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.25 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.46% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.05% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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 Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

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

Company snapshot — Restaurant Brands International Inc

QSR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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
Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet company score reads 51/100 composite (momentum 40, quality 67, valuation 58) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.66%, 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 2.57 USD per share · a 3.66% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +38.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.86 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

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 Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is QSR in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Restaurant Brands International Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

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

51 out of 100, with momentum 40, quality 67 and valuation 58 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does QSR trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.6% vs the 50-day and -3.8% vs the 200-day average, 14.2% below the 52-week high and +11.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Restaurant Brands International Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Restaurants · US), Restaurant Brands International Inc (QSR) sits 14.2% below its 52-week high, 6.6% below its 50-day average; Brinker International Inc (EAT) is 25.3% below, Texas Roadhouse Inc (TXRH) is 24.1% below, Dutch Bros Inc (BROS) is 48.4% below. Put any of them next to QSR in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Restaurant Brands International Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Restaurant Brands International Inc had a beta of 0.20 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 21% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.46% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet 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 2.57 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.66% on the 2026-10-06 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 does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Restaurants, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.