CAVA Group (CAVA) Competitors

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CAVA or CMG?

Chipotle Mexican Grill has higher revenue and earnings than CAVA Group. Chipotle Mexican Grill 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	10.36	$130.32M	$1.20	71.96
Chipotle Mexican Grill	$11.31B	5.05	$1.53B	$1.12	38.08

Which has more risk & volatility, CAVA or CMG?

CAVA Group has a beta of 2.65, suggesting that its share price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

73.2% of CAVA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of CAVA Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chipotle Mexican Grill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CAVA or CMG?

In the previous week, Chipotle Mexican Grill had 17 more articles in the media than CAVA Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill and 17 mentions for CAVA Group. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat CAVA Group's score of 0.69 indicating that Chipotle Mexican Grill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAVA Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chipotle Mexican Grill	26 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CAVA or CMG?

CAVA Group currently has a consensus price target of $119.72, suggesting a potential upside of 38.64%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus price target of $60.71, suggesting a potential upside of 42.35%. Given Chipotle Mexican Grill's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chipotle Mexican Grill is more favorable than CAVA Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Chipotle Mexican Grill	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Is CAVA or CMG more profitable?

CAVA Group has a net margin of 13.70% compared to Chipotle Mexican Grill's net margin of 13.32%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.50% beat CAVA Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAVA Group	13.70%	10.61%	6.19%
Chipotle Mexican Grill	13.32%	43.50%	17.01%

Summary

Chipotle Mexican Grill beats CAVA Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.