CAVA Group, Inc. vs DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAVA and DRI diverge most: on fcf yield, CAVA reads 0.5% and DRI reads -3.1%; on debt / equity, CAVA reads 0.00 and DRI reads 1.06. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DRI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CAVA | DRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $65.25 | $203.87 |
| Market cap | $7.7B | $23.6B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +1.5% |
| P/E | 125.5 | 19.6 |
| P/B | 9.53 | 10.69 |
| P/S | 6.00 | 1.79 |
| EV/EBITDA | 51.9 | 12.0 |
| Revenue growth | +23.3% | +9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 13.9% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.6% | 54.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | 30.5% |
| FCF yield | 0.5% | -3.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.06 |
| Current ratio | 2.65 | 0.31 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.97 | 2.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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