Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG and CAVA Group, Inc. CAVA are two of the most prominent players in the fast-casual dining space. Both are known for their health-forward, customizable meals and strong ...

Within the fast-food game, we often think of names like McDonald's. But chains that are not burger-centric have been making the most noise recently. In particular, I'm talking about Cava Group (NYSE: ...

During Q1, Chipotle's comparable restaurant sales rose 7% -- more than triple Cava's sales. The company's restaurant level operating margin was 27.5%. In comparison, Cava's restaurant level profit ...

While this isn't an apples-to-apples comparison, it illustrates that Cava is clearly in the same league as Chipotle. Cava also boasts robust comps in the form of same-restaurant sales growth ...

Chipotle, a Mexican fast-casual ... which seems like a fairly good number to compare. However, when comparing forward-looking EV/EBITDA, Cava looks twice as expensive as CMG.

However, if you compare Cava to Chipotle, Cava could have years of business growth and stock growth ahead. To be fair, Cava is only going to be interesting to growth-oriented investors.

But how do they compare? I found this review, written by a disinterested editor of a high school student newspaper in 2018, to be insightful: ...CAVA just tastes fresher whereas Chipotle seems to ...

“Everyone makes the comparison to Chipotle. If you make that comparison, you have to compare Cava to early Chipotle, which was a similar story,” Balik says. “It opened a lot of new ...

Since I last wrote about Cava, the stock has gained 30% from the end of August until now. In comparison, Chipotle's shares have gained 5.69%. Looking to the future, analyst estimates are calling ...

Chipotle's success suggests there's more room for Cava But the comparison to Chipotle is what's really interesting here. Remember, Chipotle has 3,500 locations versus just 320 or so for Cava.