CAVA Group (CAVA) vs. Its Rivals Head to Head Review

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) is one of 76 public companies in the “Eating places” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare CAVA Group to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.2% of CAVA Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of shares of all “Eating places” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of shares of all “Eating places” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CAVA Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAVA Group	$728.70 million	$13.28 million	223.37
CAVA Group Competitors	$2.16 billion	$248.48 million	26.27

CAVA Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than CAVA Group. CAVA Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for CAVA Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAVA Group	0	6	8	0	2.57
CAVA Group Competitors	556	4845	6353	325	2.53

CAVA Group presently has a consensus price target of $81.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.01%. As a group, “Eating places” companies have a potential upside of 15.73%. Given CAVA Group’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CAVA Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares CAVA Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAVA Group	3.75%	5.18%	2.98%
CAVA Group Competitors	-9.01%	-451.74%	-5.28%

Summary

CAVA Group beats its competitors on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About CAVA Group

CAVA Group, Inc. owns and operates a chain of restaurants under the CAVA brand in the United States. The company also offers dips, spreads, and dressings through grocery stores. In addition, the company provides online and mobile ordering platforms. Cava Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.