CAVA Group, Inc. vs Luckin Coffee Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAVA and LKNCY diverge most: on fcf yield, CAVA reads 0.5% and LKNCY reads 19.3%; on p/e, CAVA reads 138.8 and LKNCY reads 5.0. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | CAVA | LKNCY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $72.20 | $7.97 |
| Market cap | $8.5B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 138.8 | 5.0 |
| P/B | 10.55 | 1.15 |
| P/S | 6.64 | 0.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.6 | 2.4 |
| Revenue growth | +23.3% | +55.0% |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 7.6% | 23.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | 22.1% |
| FCF yield | 0.5% | 19.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.65 | 1.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.97 | 3.12 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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