THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED vs CAVA Group, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAKE and CAVA diverge most: on debt / equity, CAKE reads 1.37 and CAVA reads 0.00; on fcf yield, CAKE reads 4.2% and CAVA reads 0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CAKE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What CAVA'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 | CAKE | CAVA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $84.78 | $62.02 |
| Market cap | $4.1B | $7.3B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +21.8% | — |
| P/E | 24.9 | 119.3 |
| P/B | 8.95 | 9.06 |
| P/S | 1.08 | 5.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.9 | 49.2 |
| Revenue growth | +5.1% | +23.3% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 35.9% | 7.6% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.2% | 6.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.37 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.59 | 2.65 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.58 | 6.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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