CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CAVA
  • Rev/Share 9.3593
  • Book/Share 6.4838
  • PB 9.9248
  • Debt/Equity 0.5779
  • CurrentRatio 2.723
  • ROIC 0.0971

 

  • MktCap 7461658561.0
  • FreeCF/Share 0.4092
  • PFCF 157.4721
  • PE 52.9691
  • Debt/Assets 0.3359
  • DivYield 0
  • ROE 0.2017

 

  • Rating B-
  • Score 2
  • Recommendation Sell
  • P/E Score 1
  • DCF Score 1
  • P/B Score 1
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Reiterated CAVA Barclays -- Equal Weight $74 $64 Oct. 22, 2025
Initiation CAVA Goldman -- Neutral -- $74 Oct. 20, 2025
Initiation CAVA RBC Capital Mkts -- Outperform -- $80 Oct. 9, 2025
Initiation CAVA Melius -- Hold -- $95 July 14, 2025
Initiation CAVA KeyBanc Capital Markets -- Overweight -- $100 July 2, 2025
Upgrade CAVA Bernstein Market Perform Outperform -- $115 April 23, 2025
Initiation CAVA BofA Securities -- Buy -- $112 March 31, 2025
Upgrade CAVA JP Morgan Neutral Overweight -- $110 March 20, 2025
Upgrade CAVA Piper Sandler Neutral Overweight $142 $115 Feb. 28, 2025
Initiation CAVA UBS -- Neutral -- $135 Sept. 27, 2024

News

Cava (CAVA) Is Considered a Good Investment by Brokers: Is That True?
CAVA
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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CAVA Stock Ready for a Post-Earnings Breakout
CAVA
Published: May 12, 2025 by: Schaeffers Research
Sentiment: Positive

CAVA Group Inc (NYSE:CAVA) has been dubbed the 'next Chipotle,' with the Mediterranean fast casual chain vaulting up the charts since its trading debut in June 2023.

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What Analyst Projections for Key Metrics Reveal About Cava (CAVA) Q1 Earnings
CAVA
Published: May 12, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Besides Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates for Cava (CAVA), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended March 2025.

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Cava Group (CAVA) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?
CAVA
Published: May 08, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Cava (CAVA) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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Why Cava Group (CAVA) Outpaced the Stock Market Today
CAVA
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cava Group (CAVA) closed the most recent trading day at $93.80, moving +0.51% from the previous trading session.

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CAVA Group: Profitable Restaurant Concept With An Aggressive Expansion Strategy
CAVA
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

CAVA's IPO saw a 120% share price increase, driven by strong revenue growth, GAAP profitability, and expansion plans targeting 1,000 restaurants by 2032. Despite an overvalued stock with an EV/EBITDA of 102.5x, CAVA's unit economics are strong, boasting a 25% profit margin and $2.865 million revenue per restaurant. The stock's -36% drawdown since December presents a buying opportunity, given CAVA's proven profitable concept and aggressive expansion plan in the Mediterranean fast-casual niche.

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Cava chairman: We're entering stagflation and it's very clear
CAVA
Published: May 06, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Negative

Ron Shaich, Cava chairman and Act 3 Holdings CEO, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Shaich's thoughts on the overall economy.

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Investors Heavily Search CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA): Here is What You Need to Know
CAVA
Published: May 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cava (CAVA) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.

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3 Things to Know About Cava Stock Before You Buy
CAVA
Published: May 01, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

There's no doubt that Cava Group (CAVA 0.52%) was a successful initial public offering. Since its foray into the public market in June 2023, shares jumped 245% to their all-time high in December 2024.

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2 Growth Stocks Down 45% or More to Buy in May
CAVA, DECK
Published: May 01, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

Investing in growth stocks can help you build tremendous wealth for retirement. Many top growth stocks have fallen this year as Wall Street worries about a recession.

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Chipotle Vs CAVA: Which Restaurant Stock Offers More Upside Now?
CAVA, CMG
Published: April 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CMG and CAVA are the major operators in the fast-casual restaurant space. Find out which restaurant stock has more upside potential.

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Cava CEO on tariffs: Working to mitigate pass through costs to our guests
CAVA
Published: April 09, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

Brett Schulman, Cava co-founder and CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss how the recent spate of tariffs with impact Cava, the state of the consumer, and the company's expansion plans.

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Why Cava Stock Was Down 23% in Q1 as the S&P 500 Had Its Worst Quarter Since 2022
CAVA
Published: April 07, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Negative

Cava Group (CAVA 2.37%) stock plunged 23% in the 2025 first quarter, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The market wasn't enthused about its 2025 outlook, and that was followed up by fear in the markets about the coming tariff program.

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Cava Group Set to Join S&P MidCap 400 and Angi to Join S&P SmallCap 600
CAVA, SPGI
Published: March 26, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

NEW YORK , March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600: Cava Group Inc. (NYSE: CAVA) will replace Altair Engineering Inc. (NASD: ALTR) in the S&P MidCap 400 effective prior to the opening of trading on Monday, March 31. Siemens AG (XETR: SIE) acquired Altair Engineering in a deal completed today.

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3 Things to Know About Cava Stock Before You Buy
CAVA
Published: March 25, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Cava Group (CAVA -0.12%) stock caught investor attention from the time of its initial public offering (IPO) in the middle of 2023, and its stock has soared since. At the time of this writing, it's up 92% since its first-day closing price.

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Meet “Peter Chip”: CAVA's New Character Debuts with Complimentary Pita Chips Offer for National Pita Day on March 29
CAVA
Published: March 24, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAVA, the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, is introducing its new wholesome brand character, Peter Chip. To celebrate Peter's upcoming birthday on Saturday, March 29, which naturally coincides with National Pita Day, he'll be treating all CAVA Rewards members to an order of the fan favorite pita chips. Peter's gift will be automatically added to all CAVA Rewards accounts on National Pita Day. Loyalty members can redeem the reward for an.

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JPMorgan Backs CAVA's Expansion Potential As Yum! Brands Plans Major Taco Bell, KFC Growth
CAVA, YUM
Published: March 20, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

The recent volatility in restaurant chain stocks has provided "some opportunities," according to JPMorgan.

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CAVA Opens First Indiana Restaurant in Fishers
CAVA
Published: March 14, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAVA (NYSE: CAVA), the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, today opened its first restaurant in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The restaurant is located at 11594 Whistle Drive, Suite 150, Fishers, IN 46037 and will be open from 10:45 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. CAVA Fishers is a 3,000-square-foot location with a 40-seat dining room, digital order pick-up and delivery. CAVA serves flavor-packed Mediterranean-inspired bowls, pitas, dips, and dress.

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President Trump's Trade War Is Here: Here's How Investors Can Benefit
CAVA, NVDA, TSM
Published: March 10, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

Well, that didn't take long.

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CAVA Stock Dips Post Q4 Earnings: Buying Opportunity or Warning?
CAVA
Published: February 28, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CAVA benefits from strong positioning in the growing Mediterranean dining space. The company's ability to innovate with menu offerings, expand into new markets and leverage technology for operational efficiency bodes well.

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CAVA Group: Q4 Provides More Proof Of Huge Potential, But You Should Exercise Patience
CAVA
Published: February 27, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Cava just reported strong fourth-quarter results, with 21% same-store growth and 36% revenue growth, putting it in a league of its own in terms of growth among its peers. Still, results were mixed, as margins were lower than expected, leading to a miss of EPS estimates. After surging to unprecedented overvaluation territory on extraordinary momentum in 2024, Cava took a breather, now trading 35% below its peak.

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CAVA: Plenty Of White Space To Grow, This Is The Right Dip To Buy (Rating Upgrade)
CAVA
Published: February 26, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

CAVA fell slightly after reporting very strong Q4 results, capping off a 30%+ correction from recent peaks. I'm upgrading the stock to a buy rating. The company's same-restaurant sales growth accelerated to an incredible 21% y/y in Q4, while many of its peers are struggling to maintain growth in the mid single digits. Despite competition and macro challenges, CAVA's aggressive expansion plans and improved unit economics position it well for future growth.

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Cava CEO Brett Schulman on Q4 results: We're focused on the next decade, not the next quarter
CAVA
Published: February 26, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

Cava co-founder and CEO Brett Schulman joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, 2025 outlook, potential impact of tariffs, and more.

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Cava (CAVA) Q4 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
CAVA
Published: February 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Cava (CAVA) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

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Cava Group (CAVA) Q4 Earnings Lag Estimates
CAVA
Published: February 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Cava Group (CAVA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.05 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.06 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.02 per share a year ago.

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Cava slides after Q4 earnings results and guidance
CAVA
Published: February 25, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Negative

Nick Setyan, Wedbush managing director, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk Q4 results and guidance.

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Cava stock falls after restaurant chain's sales forecast misses estimates
CAVA
Published: February 25, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Negative

Shares of Cava Group Inc. fell after hours on Tuesday after the Mediterranean fast-casual chain forecast full-year same-store sales that were below analysts' expectations, following what some analysts said was a high bar for a restaurant that has grown despite high food prices that have spooked consumers.

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Can CAVA's "Value Proposition" Reverse Selling Action?
CAVA
Published: February 25, 2025 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Neutral

Caroline Woods notes Cava Group's (CAVA) strong year-over-year growth, but its valuation has ballooned despite its massive sell-off over recent days. She weighs whether "well-being conscience" consumers will be enough to restore well-being for price action.

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3 Restaurant Stocks to Watch in Fast-Casual Space
CAVA, CMG, SG
Published: February 24, 2025 by: Schaeffers Research
Sentiment: Neutral

CAVA Group Inc (NYSE:CAVA) and Sweetgreen Inc (NYSE:SG) are slated to report fourth-quarter results after the close tomorrow and on Wednesday, Feb. 26, respectively.

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CAVA Stock Before Q4 Earnings: Should You Buy Now or Wait for Results?
CAVA
Published: February 21, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

CAVA benefits from menu innovations and expansion efforts. Culinary innovation remains a key differentiator for CAVA.

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About CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA)

  • IPO Date 2023-06-16
  • Website https://www.cava.com
  • Industry Restaurants
  • CEO Brett Schulman
  • Employees 10300

CAVA Group, Inc. owns and operates a chain of Mediterranean restaurants. The company offers salads, dips, spreads, toppings, and dressings. It sells its products through whole food markets and grocery stores. The company also provides online food ordering services. Cava Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.