CAVA Group (CAVA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CAVA or IHG?

CAVA Group has a beta of 3.21, indicating that its share price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CAVA or IHG?

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than CAVA Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAVA Group	$728.70M	18.59	$13.28M	$0.46	256.98
InterContinental Hotels Group	$4.62B	4.35	$750M	N/A	N/A

Is CAVA or IHG more profitable?

CAVA Group has a net margin of 5.88% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. CAVA Group's return on equity of 9.10% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%
InterContinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAVA or IHG?

InterContinental Hotels Group received 354 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.42% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote while only 51.41% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 46 55.42%	Underperform Votes 37 44.58%
InterContinental Hotels Group	Outperform Votes 400 51.41%	Underperform Votes 378 48.59%

Does the media prefer CAVA or IHG?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 7 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CAVA Group and 4 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. CAVA Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat InterContinental Hotels Group's score of 0.68 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InterContinental Hotels Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CAVA or IHG?

73.2% of CAVA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of CAVA Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CAVA or IHG?

CAVA Group currently has a consensus target price of $142.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.24%. Given CAVA Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CAVA Group is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
InterContinental Hotels Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Summary

CAVA Group beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.