CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA) vs Brinker International, Inc. (EAT)

CAVA Group, Inc. and Brinker International, Inc. are both Restaurants companies. Brinker International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.6B against $6.3B — 1.4× the size. Brinker International, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.5× against 90.5×. CAVA Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.8% against 7.86%. Brinker International, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.39% vs 4.82%) and the higher return on invested capital (51.4% vs 11.1%). Across the 20 metrics below, Brinker International, Inc. leads on 14 and CAVA Group, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CAVA EAT Restaurants median
P/E 90.49 18.48 22.14
P/S 4.38 1.55 0.91
P/B 7.15 20.32 2.01
Price to free cash flow 122.69 16.16 19.41
EV/EBITDA 38.09 11.27 11.48
EV/Sales 4.28 1.63 1.20
Earnings yield 1.11% 5.41% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 0.82% 6.19% 3.92%

Profitability

Metric CAVA EAT Restaurants median
Gross margin 44.52% 18.65% 38.77%
Operating margin 5.24% 10.67% 4.30%
Net margin 4.82% 8.39% 1.85%
Free cash flow margin 3.57% 9.61% 3.12%
Return on equity 8.32% 119.57% 3.07%
Return on assets 4.75% 17.73% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 11.10% 51.43% 3.14%

Growth

Metric CAVA EAT Restaurants median
Revenue growth (TTM) 26.79% 7.86% 5.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.91%) 30.65% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 11.71% 10.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 29.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric CAVA EAT Restaurants median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.95 0.10
Current ratio 2.48 0.45 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (3.05) 0.37 0.43

Dividend

Metric CAVA EAT Restaurants median
Dividend yield — — 2.32%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CAVA EAT Restaurants median
Market cap 6.26b 8.63b 482.66m

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