Head-To-Head Comparison: CAVA Group (CAVA) and Its Rivals

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) is one of 75 public companies in the “Eating places” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare CAVA Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for CAVA Group and its peers, as provided 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	554	4837	6329	322	2.53

CAVA Group presently has a consensus price target of $81.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.37%. As a group, “Eating places” companies have a potential upside of 4.69%. Given CAVA Group’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAVA Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CAVA Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAVA Group	$728.70 million	$13.28 million	219.35
CAVA Group Competitors	$2.16 billion	$247.82 million	27.19

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

Profitability

This table compares CAVA Group and its peers’ 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%	-451.72%	-5.30%

Summary

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

CAVA Group Company Profile

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.