Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) Competitors

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) and Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE:HGV) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, CAVA or HGV?

CAVA Group has a beta of 3.21, suggesting that its stock price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Grand Vacations has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CAVA or HGV?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 11 more articles in the media than Hilton Grand Vacations. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CAVA Group and 1 mentions for Hilton Grand Vacations. Hilton Grand Vacations' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat CAVA Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Hilton Grand Vacations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAVA Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hilton Grand Vacations	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is CAVA or HGV more profitable?

CAVA Group has a net margin of 5.88% compared to Hilton Grand Vacations' net margin of 2.01%. Hilton Grand Vacations' return on equity of 16.44% beat CAVA Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%
Hilton Grand Vacations	2.01%	16.44%	3.19%

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

73.2% of CAVA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of CAVA Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Hilton Grand Vacations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CAVA or HGV?

CAVA Group presently has a consensus price target of $142.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.24%. Hilton Grand Vacations has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.06%. Given CAVA Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CAVA Group is more favorable than Hilton Grand Vacations.

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
Hilton Grand Vacations	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CAVA or HGV?

Hilton Grand Vacations has higher revenue and earnings than CAVA Group. Hilton Grand Vacations 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	$728.70M	18.59	$13.28M	$0.46	256.98
Hilton Grand Vacations	$3.98B	1.00	$313M	$0.88	45.85

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAVA or HGV?

Hilton Grand Vacations received 307 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.71% of users gave Hilton Grand Vacations an outperform vote while only 55.42% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 46 55.42%	Underperform Votes 37 44.58%
Hilton Grand Vacations	Outperform Votes 353 61.71%	Underperform Votes 219 38.29%

Summary

CAVA Group beats Hilton Grand Vacations on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.