BJ's Restaurants
BJRI · Restaurants
$56.51
3.9%Cava Group
CAVA · Restaurants
$53.48
2.2%The short version
- BJ's Restaurants is the larger business, with $1.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.2B for Cava Group.
- Cava Group grew revenue faster (22.4%, against 3.1%).
- Cava Group kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.7% operating margin, against 3.3% operating margin).
- BJ's Restaurants turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.9% FCF margin, against 2.2% FCF margin).
- Cava Group earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.9%, against 11.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Cava Group’s earnings: a P/E of 97.2x against 30.2x for BJ's Restaurants.
| Latest fiscal year | BJRI · FY25 | CAVA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.2B | $6.3B |
| Revenue | $1.4B | $1.2B |
| Free cash flow | $40.9M | $26.1M |
| Net income | $48.8M | $63.7M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 3.1% | 22.4% |
| 5-year growth | 12.4% | — |
| Share count change | −4.8% | 0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 74.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.4% |
| FCF margin | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| Return on capital | 11.1% | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 13.3% | 8.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $61.2M | −$393M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5x | −3.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $67.8M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 30.2x | 97.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 |
FY16
BJRI $993M
CAVA —
FY17
BJRI $1.0B
CAVA —
FY18
BJRI $1.1B
CAVA —
FY19
BJRI $1.2B
CAVA —
FY20
BJRI $779M
CAVA —
FY21
BJRI $1.1B
CAVA $500M
FY22
BJRI $1.3B
CAVA $564M
FY23
BJRI $1.3B
CAVA $729M
FY24
BJRI $1.4B
CAVA $964M
FY25
BJRI $1.4B
CAVA $1.2B
BJRI
CAVA
FY16
BJRI 6.2%
CAVA —
FY17
BJRI 3.7%
CAVA —
FY18
BJRI 5.2%
CAVA —
FY19
BJRI 4.2%
CAVA —
FY20
BJRI −11.1%
CAVA —
FY21
BJRI −1.5%
CAVA −10.6%
FY22
BJRI −0.4%
CAVA −10.6%
FY23
BJRI 1.0%
CAVA 0.7%
FY24
BJRI 1.0%
CAVA 4.5%
FY25
BJRI 3.3%
CAVA 4.7%
BJRI
CAVA
FY16
BJRI $29.0M
CAVA —
FY17
BJRI $36.3M
CAVA —
FY18
BJRI $72.0M
CAVA —
FY19
BJRI $33.8M
CAVA —
FY20
BJRI −$2.8M
CAVA —
FY21
BJRI $22.1M
CAVA −$52.9M
FY22
BJRI −$27.5M
CAVA −$98.1M
FY23
BJRI $6.9M
CAVA −$41.7M
FY24
BJRI $24.6M
CAVA $52.9M
FY25
BJRI $40.9M
CAVA $26.1M
BJRI
CAVA
FY16
BJRI 11.8%
CAVA —
FY17
BJRI 9.5%
CAVA —
FY18
BJRI 14.6%
CAVA —
FY19
BJRI 12.2%
CAVA —
FY20
BJRI −17.7%
CAVA —
FY21
BJRI −3.7%
CAVA —
FY22
BJRI −1.2%
CAVA —
FY23
BJRI 3.5%
CAVA —
FY24
BJRI 3.5%
CAVA 15.2%
FY25
BJRI 11.1%
CAVA 13.9%
BJRI
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