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

Do insiders and institutionals believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CAVA or QSR?

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

Is CAVA or QSR 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
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%
Restaurant Brands International	16.01%	28.25%	5.73%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$913.49M	14.93	$13.28M	$0.46	258.80
Restaurant Brands International	$7.93B	2.73	$1.19B	$3.99	16.73

Do analysts rate CAVA or QSR?

CAVA Group currently has a consensus target price of $143.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.79%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $82.27, indicating a potential upside of 23.21%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than CAVA 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
Restaurant Brands International	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAVA or QSR?

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

Does the media refer more to CAVA or QSR?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 4 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 11 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 0.61 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Summary

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