But some folks are drawing comparisons between Chipotle and a rising competitor -- not just in flavor, but in price. Cava, a ...

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.

In this piece, I evaluated two fast-casual restaurant stocks, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) and CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA), using TipRanks' Comparison tool to determine which is better.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

That size difference is why the two stocks are so interesting to compare. If Cava can grow the way Chipotle has grown, well, there's a huge, long-term investment opportunity here. That brings up ...

Both stocks are down significantly from their 2013 highs. It's very valid to compare Cava to Chipotle. But while Cava's business measures up in important operating metrics, there's one thing that ...