CAVA vs. QSR, DRI, YUMC, WING, TXRH, ARMK, MAIN, SG, EAT, and ARCO
Should you be buying CAVA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAVA Group include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum China (YUMC), Wingstop (WING), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Aramark (ARMK), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Sweetgreen (SG), Brinker International (EAT), and Arcos Dorados (ARCO). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) and Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:QSR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, CAVA Group had 20 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for CAVA Group and 9 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat CAVA Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 17.17% compared to CAVA Group's net margin of 3.75%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 31.12% beat CAVA Group's return on equity.
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.
CAVA Group currently has a consensus target price of $81.08, indicating a potential downside of 4.65%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of $83.18, indicating a potential upside of 20.93%. Given Restaurant Brands International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Restaurant Brands International is more favorable than CAVA Group.
73.2% of CAVA Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Restaurant Brands International received 626 more outperform votes than CAVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.67% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats CAVA Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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