CAVA Group (CAVA) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Review

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) is one of 76 publicly-traded companies in the “Eating places” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare CAVA Group to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for CAVA Group and its peers, 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	4851	6362	326	2.53

CAVA Group presently has a consensus target price of $81.50, suggesting a potential downside of 13.82%. As a group, “Eating places” companies have a potential upside of 19.64%. Given CAVA Group’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CAVA Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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	-8.35%	-122.28%	-5.02%

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAVA Group	$728.70 million	$13.28 million	230.66
CAVA Group Competitors	$2.15 billion	$248.48 million	24.61

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.

Summary

CAVA Group beats its peers 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.