CAVA Group (CAVA) Competitors

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, CAVA or QSR?

CAVA Group has a beta of 3.58, suggesting that its stock price is 258% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAVA or QSR?

73.2% of CAVA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of CAVA Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CAVA or QSR?

CAVA Group presently has a consensus price target of $131.47, suggesting a potential upside of 51.64%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of $77.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.93%. Given CAVA Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAVA Group is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CAVA or QSR more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 12.15% compared to CAVA Group's net margin of 5.88%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.53% beat CAVA Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%

Does the media prefer CAVA or QSR?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 17 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for CAVA Group and 18 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. CAVA Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.71 indicating that CAVA Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAVA Group	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Restaurant Brands International	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CAVA or QSR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAVA Group	$963.71M	10.40	$13.28M	$1.10	78.81
Restaurant Brands International	$8.41B	2.62	$1.02B	$3.18	21.28

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAVA or QSR?

Restaurant Brands International received 629 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.61% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 51 56.04%	Underperform Votes 40 43.96%
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 680 60.61%	Underperform Votes 442 39.39%

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats CAVA Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.