Aramark vs CAVA Group, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ARMK and CAVA diverge most: on fcf yield, ARMK reads -4.7% and CAVA reads 0.7%; on debt / equity, ARMK reads 1.80 and CAVA reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ARMK's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ARMK | CAVA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.59 | $55.91 |
| Market cap | $15.7B | $6.6B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.6% | — |
| P/E | 41.0 | 101.7 |
| P/B | 4.64 | 7.87 |
| P/S | 0.79 | 4.82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.9 | 40.8 |
| Revenue growth | +11.1% | +26.0% |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | 7.9% |
| Return on assets | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | 6.4% |
| FCF yield | -4.7% | 0.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.80 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 2.48 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.61 | 7.01 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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