CAVA vs. QSR, DRI, YUMC, TXRH, WING, ARMK, MAIN, SG, EAT, and ARCO
Should you be buying CAVA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAVA Group include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum China (YUMC), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Aramark (ARMK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sweetgreen (SG), Brinker International (EAT), and Arcos Dorados (ARCO). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) and CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Restaurant Brands International has higher revenue and earnings than CAVA Group. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAVA Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Restaurant Brands International received 626 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.67% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CAVA Group had 47 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for CAVA Group and 19 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat CAVA Group's score of 0.51 indicating that CAVA Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of CAVA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 17.17% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 3.75%. CAVA Group's return on equity of 31.12% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.
Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus target price of $83.18, indicating a potential upside of 24.57%. CAVA Group has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.14%. Given CAVA Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than CAVA Group.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats CAVA Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAVA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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