CAVA
Cava Group
Consumer Discretionary›Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure›Restaurants
17 stocks · 12 ETFs
data as of Aug 24, 2026
REPLACEMENT RESEARCH
Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for CAVA
Among the 17 Restaurants peers screened, BROS (Dutch Bros Inc.) has tracked CAVA most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.51. The strongest fund stand-in is PEJ (Invesco Leisure & Entertainment) at 0.40 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.
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Single-name peers
| Ticker | Name | Sub-industry | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROS | Dutch Bros Inc. | Restaurants | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.38 | — |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill | Restaurants | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.39 | — |
| SHAK | Shake Shack, Inc. | Restaurants | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.42 | — |
| CAKE | The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. | Restaurants | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.38 | — |
| WING | Wingstop Inc. | Restaurants | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.38 | — |
| CBRL | Cracker Barrel | Restaurants | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.25 | — |
| EAT | Brinker International, Inc. | Restaurants | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.36 | — |
| SBUX | Starbucks Corp. | Restaurants | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.30 | — |
| BJRI | BJ's Restaurants, Inc. | Restaurants | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.34 | — |
| DRI | Darden Restaurants | Restaurants | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.27 | — |
| WEN | The Wendy's Company | Restaurants | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.19 | — |
| TXRH | Texas Roadhouse | Restaurants | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.31 | — |
| QSR | Restaurant Brands Intl | Restaurants | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.18 | — |
| YUM | Yum! Brands | Restaurants | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.15 | — |
| PZZA | Papa John's Pizza | Restaurants | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | — |
| MCD | McDonald's Corp. | Restaurants | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.10 | — |
| DPZ | Domino's Pizza | Restaurants | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.20 | — |
ETFS
Fund stand-ins
An ETF is generally not 'substantially identical' to a single stock, which is why funds are the standard wash-sale-aware replacement.
| Ticker | Name | Focus | Match | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEJ | Invesco Leisure & Entertainment | Leisure & Entertainment | INDUSTRY | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.48 | — |
| BETZ | Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming | Sports Betting | SUB-IND | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.42 | — |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail ETF | Retail | INDUSTRY | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.39 | — |
| IYC | iShares US Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.35 | 0.46 | 0.44 | — |
| VCR | Vanguard Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.42 | — |
| FDIS | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.42 | — |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary SPDR | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.30 | 0.41 | 0.39 | — |
| XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF | Homebuilders | SUB-IND | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.33 | — |
| ITB | iShares US Home Construction | Homebuilders | SUB-IND | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.28 | — |
| DRIV | Global X Autonomous & EV ETF | Autonomous & EV | INDUSTRY | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.34 | — |
| CARZ | First Trust S-Network EV & FV | Autos & EVs | INDUSTRY | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.32 | — |
| RTH | VanEck Retail ETF | Retail | INDUSTRY | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.34 | — |
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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.