In the current session, Cava Group Inc. (NYSE:CAVA) is trading at $65.08, after a 1.81% drop. Over the past month, the stock decreased by 7.72%, and in the past year, by 53.59%. With performance like this, long-term shareholders are more likely to start looking into the company's price-to-earnings ratio.

Comparing Cava Group P/E Against Its Peers

The P/E ratio measures the current share price to the company's EPS. It is used by long-term investors to analyze the company's current performance against it's past earnings, historical data and aggregate market data for the industry or the indices, such as S&P 500. A higher P/E indicates that investors expect the company to perform better in the future, and the stock is probably overvalued, but not necessarily. It also could indicate that investors are willing to pay a higher share price currently, because they expect the company to perform better in the upcoming quarters. This leads investors to also remain optimistic about rising dividends in the future.

Cava Group has a better P/E ratio of 56.39 than the aggregate P/E ratio of 51.06 of the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry. Ideally, one might believe that Cava Group Inc. might perform better in the future than it's industry group, but it's probable that the stock is overvalued.