Cava Group
CAVA · Restaurants
$53.48
2.2%Sweetgreen
SG · Restaurants
$9.82
3.9%The short version
- Cava Group is the larger business, with $1.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $680M for Sweetgreen, about 1.7 times as much.
- Cava Group grew revenue faster (22.4%, against 0.4%).
- Cava Group kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.7% operating margin, against −20.5% operating margin).
- Cava Group turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.2% FCF margin, against −17.5% FCF margin).
- Cava Group earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.9%, against −44.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Sweetgreen’s earnings: a P/E of 98.2x against 97.2x for Cava Group.
| Latest fiscal year | CAVA · FY25 | SG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | $1.2B |
| Revenue | $1.2B | $680M |
| Free cash flow | $26.1M | −$119M |
| Net income | $63.7M | −$134M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 22.4% | 0.4% |
| 5-year growth | — | 25.2% |
| Share count change | 0.0% | 3.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | −20.5% |
| Net margin | 5.4% | −19.7% |
| FCF margin | 2.2% | −17.5% |
| Return on capital | 13.9% | −44.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.6% | −33.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$393M | −$89.2M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −3.1x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 97.2x | 98.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 2 |
FY20
CAVA —
SG $221M
FY21
CAVA $500M
SG $340M
FY22
CAVA $564M
SG $470M
FY23
CAVA $729M
SG $584M
FY24
CAVA $964M
SG $677M
FY25
CAVA $1.2B
SG $680M
CAVA
SG
FY20
CAVA —
SG −64.2%
FY21
CAVA −10.6%
SG −39.5%
FY22
CAVA −10.6%
SG −41.1%
FY23
CAVA 0.7%
SG −21.0%
FY24
CAVA 4.5%
SG −14.1%
FY25
CAVA 4.7%
SG −20.5%
CAVA
SG
FY20
CAVA —
SG −$139M
FY21
CAVA −$52.9M
SG −$149M
FY22
CAVA −$98.1M
SG −$140M
FY23
CAVA −$41.7M
SG −$63.2M
FY24
CAVA $52.9M
SG −$41.1M
FY25
CAVA $26.1M
SG −$119M
CAVA
SG
FY20
CAVA —
SG —
FY21
CAVA —
SG —
FY22
CAVA —
SG −78.2%
FY23
CAVA —
SG −44.4%
FY24
CAVA 15.2%
SG −33.1%
FY25
CAVA 13.9%
SG −44.2%
CAVA
SG
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