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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is QSR or CAVA 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
Restaurant Brands International	12.15%	28.53%	5.79%
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%

Do analysts prefer QSR or CAVA?

Restaurant Brands International currently has a consensus price target of $76.63, suggesting a potential upside of 21.68%. CAVA Group has a consensus price target of $127.56, suggesting a potential upside of 43.10%. Given CAVA Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has more risk and volatility, QSR or CAVA?

Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAVA Group has a beta of 3.33, indicating that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer QSR or CAVA?

In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 2 more articles in the media than CAVA Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 14 mentions for CAVA Group. CAVA Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.91 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CAVA Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QSR or CAVA?

Restaurant Brands International received 629 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.59% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 55.91% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Restaurant Brands International	Outperform Votes 681 60.59%	Underperform Votes 443 39.41%
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 52 55.91%	Underperform Votes 41 44.09%

Which has higher valuation and 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	$8.41B	2.45	$1.02B	$3.18	19.80
CAVA Group	$963.71M	10.69	$13.28M	$1.10	81.04

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats CAVA Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.