CAVA Group, Inc. vs RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAVA and QSR diverge most: on debt / equity, CAVA reads 0.00 and QSR reads 2.46; on fcf yield, CAVA reads 0.8% and QSR reads 5.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What QSR'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 | QSR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $53.66 | $70.96 |
| Market cap | $6.4B | $32.6B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 97.6 | 19.1 |
| P/B | 7.55 | 6.05 |
| P/S | 4.62 | 3.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.0 | 15.4 |
| Revenue growth | +26.0% | +6.5% |
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 28.4% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 17.5% |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 31.5% |
| Return on assets | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | 11.0% |
| FCF yield | 0.8% | 5.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 2.46 |
| Current ratio | 2.48 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.80 | 1.60 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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