Sweetgreen (SG) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CAVA or SG?

CAVA Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen 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	10.69	$13.28M	$1.10	81.04
Sweetgreen	$676.83M	3.66	-$113.38M	-$0.79	-26.71

Which has more risk & volatility, CAVA or SG?

CAVA Group has a beta of 3.33, indicating that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

73.2% of CAVA Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of CAVA Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Sweetgreen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CAVA or SG?

CAVA Group presently has a consensus target price of $127.56, indicating a potential upside of 43.10%. Sweetgreen has a consensus target price of $36.27, indicating a potential upside of 71.91%. Given Sweetgreen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sweetgreen 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Sweetgreen	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Does the media favor CAVA or SG?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 9 more articles in the media than Sweetgreen. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CAVA Group and 5 mentions for Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat CAVA Group's score of 1.12 indicating that Sweetgreen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Sweetgreen	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CAVA or SG more profitable?

CAVA Group has a net margin of 5.88% compared to Sweetgreen's net margin of -13.27%. CAVA Group's return on equity of 9.10% beat Sweetgreen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%
Sweetgreen	-13.27%	-18.82%	-10.39%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAVA or SG?

CAVA Group received 13 more outperform votes than Sweetgreen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.91% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Sweetgreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 52 55.91%	Underperform Votes 41 44.09%
Sweetgreen	Outperform Votes 39 54.17%	Underperform Votes 33 45.83%

Summary

CAVA Group beats Sweetgreen on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.