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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has higher 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	10.43	$130.32M	$1.20	72.45
Chipotle Mexican Grill	$11.31B	6.81	$1.53B	$1.13	50.58

Which has more volatility and risk, CAVA or CMG?

CAVA Group has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chipotle Mexican Grill has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CAVA or CMG?

CAVA Group presently has a consensus target price of $117.82, indicating a potential upside of 35.52%. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a consensus target price of $60.93, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. Given CAVA Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CAVA Group is more favorable than Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
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 13.59%. Chipotle Mexican Grill's return on equity of 43.29% 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	13.59%	43.29%	17.32%

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

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

Does the media prefer CAVA or CMG?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 3 more articles in the media than Chipotle Mexican Grill. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for CAVA Group and 26 mentions for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle Mexican Grill's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CAVA Group's score of 0.78 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chipotle Mexican Grill	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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