CAVA vs QSR vs YUMC Stock Comparison

Cava, Restaurant Brands International and Yum China Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CAVA Cava Group, Inc.
$51.86 +0.5% 1M -17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.55B
P/E
107.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
–
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
1 win
YUMC Yum China Holdings, Inc.
$45.41 +12.2% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$15.49B
P/E
15.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.44B
Div. yield
0.02%
Quick-Service Restaurants Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Restaurant Brands International leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Restaurant Brands International 5, Yum China Holdings 5, Cava 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCAVAQSRYUMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.55B $26.11B $15.49B QSR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 107.4x 20.5x 15.9x YUMC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 101.7x 18.7x 14.9x YUMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.2% +6.5% +8.8% CAVA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% 13.1% 7.8% QSR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.1% 16.5% YUMC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.2x -0.7x YUMC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.6% +9.8% +2.2% QSR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +5.4%/yr -4.7%/yr QSR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.3% 24.9% 25.5% QSR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 52/100 75/100 YUMC

Percentile Scorecard

CAVAQSRYUMC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCAVAQSRYUMC
Valuation 2 #49 of 50 45 #28 of 50 78 #12 of 50
Growth 91 #5 of 47 63 #18 of 47 50 #24 of 47
Profitability 42 #27 of 46 67 #16 of 46 64 #17 of 46
Financial Health 96 #3 of 51 30 #36 of 51 88 #7 of 51
Shareholder Returns – 56 #15 of 33 94 #3 of 33
Overall 58 52 75
  • CAVA ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • QSR ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • YUMC ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCAVAQSRYUMCSPY
1 month +0.5%+3.3%+12.2% -0.2%
3 months -20.2%-1.1%-0.3% +3.9%
6 months -43.0%-5.4%-4.1% +8.2%
Year to date -11.6%+8.5%-4.9% +12.9%
1 year -17.6%+9.8%+2.2% +12.3%
3 years +64.0%+12.3%-13.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year +17.9%+4.0%-4.7% +23.3%
5 years —+30.2%-21.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+5.4%-4.7% +10.9%
10 years —+70.6%+82.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+5.5%+6.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCAVAQSRYUMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.3%24.9%25.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 54.1%25.7%24.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.300.040.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.300.390.09 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.1%-27.5%-54.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -46.8%-9.4%-21.6% -1.2%
52-week high $97.39$81.67$57.95 $779.14
52-week low $43.59$65.69$39.98 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCAVAQSRYUMC
P/E now vs peer median 99.0xmedian 20.6x 20.2xmedian 20.6x 16.2xmedian 20.6x
P/S now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.2x 2.7xmedian 1.2x 1.3xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 40.1xmedian 13.3x 13.0xmedian 13.3x 7.8xmedian 13.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 17.3x 15.8xmedian 17.3x 16.7xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 3.1x 4.8xmedian 3.1x 2.6xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.63median 1.07 2.68median 1.07 0.98median 1.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCAVAQSRYUMC
Revenue $1.22B $9.70B $12.44B
Gross profit $301.99M $5.24B $2.14B
Operating income $66.42M $2.61B $1.38B
Net income $61.05M $1.70B $1.05B
Free cash flow – $1.63B $940.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.52 $2.77 $2.79
Cash & equivalents $322.76M $1.06B $485.00M
Total debt – $13.29B $66.00M
Shares (diluted) 118.38M 460.00M 349.00M
Enterprise value $4.95B $21.66B $9.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCAVAQSRYUMC
P/E 99.0x 20.2x 16.2x
P/FCF – 15.8x 16.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.6x 9.9x
P/S 5.0x 2.7x 1.3x
P/B 7.2x 4.8x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 7.2x -4.7x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 40.1x 13.0x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 84.6x 14.6x 10.4x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 3.9x 1.2x
EV/FCF – 23.3x 15.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 20.0x 9.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.63 2.68 0.98

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCAVAQSRYUMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.2% 6.5% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.5% 12.7% 6.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.7% 5.1% 9.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 27.3% 6.1% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 25.1% 22.3% 12.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 63.5% 11.0% 10.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -56.6% 41.5% 6.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 62.8% 4.4% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -56.6% 47.2% 13.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.7% 7.5% 16.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.9% 9.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% -3.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.5% 12.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.2% -4.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCAVAQSRYUMC
Gross margin 24.8% 54.0% 17.2%
EBITDA margin 11.5% 30.3% 14.9%
Operating margin 5.5% 26.9% 11.1%
Pretax margin 6.7% 21.7% 11.5%
Net margin 5.0% 13.1% 7.8%
FCF margin – 16.8% 7.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 19.6% 12.7%
Return on equity 7.5% 31.8% 17.3%
Return on assets 4.3% 6.8% 9.7%
Return on invested capital – 12.1% 16.5%
Return on capital employed 5.4% 11.5% 16.4%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.4x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.1x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCAVAQSRYUMC
Debt / assets – 53.1% 0.6%
Debt / equity – 2.5x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.2x -0.7x
Debt / FCF – 8.1x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 43.9% 78.4% 44.2%
Equity / assets 56.1% 21.6% 55.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.5x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 2.4x 0.8x 0.6x
Cash ratio 2.3x 0.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 6.51 1.64 3.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCAVAQSRYUMC
Dividend yield – 3.5% 2.4%
Net buyback yield – 0.5% 8.3%
Shareholder yield – 3.9% 10.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 35.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 40.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 24.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 21.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCAVAQSRYUMC
Forward P/E 101.7xFY2026 18.7xFY2026 14.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.51FY2026 $3.96FY2026 $3.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.6%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026 +21.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +49.0% +8.1% +15.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.43BFY2026 $10.27BFY2026 $12.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +20.9%FY2026 +8.9%FY2026 +4.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.4% -10.0% +6.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCAVAQSRYUMC
Held by institutions 89.4% 92.2% 66.8%
Institutions holding 541 575 660
Change in shares held, QoQ -6.7% +6.5% +1.4%
Institutions buying 245 319 261
Institutions selling 209 165 231
Buyers to sellers 1.17 1.93 1.13

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CAVAQSRYUMC
CAVA 1.00 0.26 0.30
QSR 0.26 1.00 0.28
YUMC 0.30 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CAVA, QSR and YUMC?

Restaurant Brands International (QSR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cava (CAVA) $6.55B, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) $26.11B, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) $15.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, CAVA, QSR and YUMC?

Yum China Holdings (YUMC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cava (CAVA) 107.4x, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 20.5x, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 15.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) is cheapest (Cava (CAVA) 101.7x, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 18.7x, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 14.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cava (CAVA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cava (CAVA) +12.2%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +6.5%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International (QSR) has the highest net margin (Cava (CAVA) 5.0%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 13.1%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) leads (Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 12.1%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 16.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Restaurant Brands International (QSR) returned the most: Cava (CAVA) -17.6%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +9.8%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) +2.2%. Over five years, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) compounded fastest (Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +5.4%/yr, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) -4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cava (CAVA) 0.00%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 0.00%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 0.02%. Cava (CAVA) and Restaurant Brands International (QSR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) has been the steadiest (Cava (CAVA) 59.3%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 24.9%, Yum China Holdings (YUMC) 25.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CAVA, QSR and YUMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.