CAVA Group (CAVA) Competitors

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

Is QSR or CAVA more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.01% compared to CAVA Group's net margin of 5.88%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 28.25% beat CAVA Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%

Do analysts prefer QSR or CAVA?

Restaurant Brands International currently has a consensus price target of $82.27, indicating a potential upside of 23.21%. CAVA Group has a consensus price target of $143.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.79%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than CAVA Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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

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

Which has more risk and volatility, QSR or CAVA?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAVA Group has a beta of 2.93, suggesting that its share price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, QSR or CAVA?

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
Restaurant Brands International	$7.93B	2.73	$1.19B	$3.99	16.73
CAVA Group	$913.49M	14.93	$13.28M	$0.46	258.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QSR or CAVA?

Restaurant Brands International received 625 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 671 60.78%	Underperform Votes 433 39.22%
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 46 56.79%	Underperform Votes 35 43.21%

Does the media prefer QSR or CAVA?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 5 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CAVA Group and 7 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. CAVA Group's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.71 indicating that CAVA Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Restaurant Brands International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CAVA Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats CAVA Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.