Travel + Leisure (TNL) Competitors

Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) and CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TNL or CAVA?

CAVA Group received 21 more outperform votes than Travel + Leisure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.25% of users gave CAVA Group an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Travel + Leisure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travel + Leisure	Outperform Votes 33 44.00%	Underperform Votes 42 56.00%
CAVA Group	Outperform Votes 54 56.25%	Underperform Votes 42 43.75%

Is TNL or CAVA more profitable?

Travel + Leisure has a net margin of 10.63% compared to CAVA Group's net margin of 5.88%. CAVA Group's return on equity of 9.10% beat Travel + Leisure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travel + Leisure	10.63%	-45.75%	5.98%
CAVA Group	5.88%	9.10%	5.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, TNL or CAVA?

Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAVA Group has a beta of 3.33, meaning that its stock price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TNL or CAVA?

Travel + Leisure currently has a consensus target price of $59.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.26%. CAVA Group has a consensus target price of $124.19, indicating a potential upside of 28.59%. Given CAVA Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CAVA Group is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travel + Leisure	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CAVA Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media favor TNL or CAVA?

In the previous week, CAVA Group had 10 more articles in the media than Travel + Leisure. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CAVA Group and 13 mentions for Travel + Leisure. Travel + Leisure's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat CAVA Group's score of 1.18 indicating that Travel + Leisure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travel + Leisure	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CAVA Group	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of CAVA Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Travel + Leisure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of CAVA Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TNL or CAVA?

Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than CAVA Group. Travel + Leisure 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
Travel + Leisure	$3.88B	0.81	$396M	$5.99	7.89
CAVA Group	$963.71M	11.59	$13.28M	$1.10	87.80

Summary

CAVA Group beats Travel + Leisure on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.