CAVA Group, Inc. vs CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAVA and CMG diverge most: on return on invested capital, CAVA reads 6.4% and CMG reads 62.6%; on return on equity, CAVA reads 7.9% and CMG reads 64.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CMG'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 | CAVA | CMG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $53.66 | $31.58 |
| Market cap | $6.4B | $40.4B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +19.9% |
| P/E | 97.6 | 29.0 |
| P/B | 7.55 | 18.36 |
| P/S | 4.62 | 3.25 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.0 | 18.3 |
| Revenue growth | +26.0% | +7.3% |
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 15.7% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 64.5% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 16.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | 62.6% |
| FCF yield | 0.8% | 3.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.48 | 0.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.80 | 5.17 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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