CAVA Group, Inc. vs Yum China Holdings, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Few pairs stretch the valuation range as far as CAVA and Yum China. CAVA, the high-growth Mediterranean chain, trades at 160.67 times earnings while returning 7.61% on equity and keeping 4.79% of revenue. Yum China, operator of KFC and Pizza Hut across China, trades at just 15.64 times, returns 15.49% on equity, keeps 7.83% of sales, and pays a 2.35% dividend. Yum China's 6.44% free cash flow yield dwarfs CAVA's 0.39%. Both run debt-free. Yum China at $14.5B outweighs CAVA at $9.9B, and it does so on proven earnings rather than the growth premium baked into CAVA's price.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CAVA | YUMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $72.20 | $43.04 |
| Market cap | $8.5B | $15.2B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -1.8% |
| P/E | 138.8 | 16.5 |
| P/B | 10.55 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 6.64 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.6 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +23.3% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 7.6% | 15.5% |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 0.5% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.65 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.97 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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