Cava Group/$CAVA
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About Cava Group
Cava is an emerging fast-casual restaurant chain with $1.2 billion in sales across 439 US company-owned units in 2025. The firm derives most of its revenue from the sale of Mediterranean- and Greek-inspired customizable bowls, salads, pita wraps, and beverages, using an assembly-line format. Cava centrally prepares and manufactures the sauces and dips served in its restaurants and sold in grocery stores. All of Cava's revenue is in the US, with the majority of its footprint in the Southeast and Southwest.
- Ticker
- $CAVA
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 13,480
- Headquarters
- Washington, United States
- Website
- cava.com
Cava Group Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$6.9B
105.74
$0.56
1.75
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Price and volume
Market cap
$6.9B
Beta
1.75
52-week high
$98.79
52-week low
$43.41
Average daily volume
3.2M
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.483
Quick ratio
2.361
Long term debt to equity
0.553
Total debt to equity
0.615
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
160.631
Gross margin (TTM)
37.73%
Net profit margin (TTM)
4.82%
Operating margin (TTM)
5.73%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
24.16%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$100,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
3.50%
Return on equity (TTM)
8.32%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
105.737
Price to revenue (TTM)
5.008
Price to book
8.51
Price to tangible book (TTM)
8.26
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
140.365
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
0.71%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
0.422
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
26.79%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-52.52%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
28.66%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-46.45%
What the Analysts think about Cava Group
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Cava Group stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Cava Group stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Like-for-like demand was strong in Q2: same-restaurant sales rose 9.0%, with guest traffic up 5.3%, so growth was not driven by price alone. (CAVA Group)
Growth is translating into earnings and cash: Q2 adjusted EBITDA climbed 30.0% and net income rose 25.3%; year-to-date free cash flow was $44.8 million. (CAVA Group)
CAVA has a long runway for adding restaurants: it reached 500 locations ahead of schedule and says it is on track to exceed 1,000 by 2032, with new restaurants generating more than $3 million in annualised sales. (CAVA Group)
Restaurant-level profit margin fell 60 basis points to 25.7% in Q2, with salmon costs, wage investment and delivery mix weighing on results. Management also expects fuel surcharges and the pre-marinated chicken rollout to add cost pressure. (CAVA Group, StockAnalysis)
The strong first-half sales pace may not continue: CAVA kept its full-year same-restaurant sales forecast at 4.5%–6.5% after Q2 growth of 9.0%. A food-safety scare hurt July demand despite no link to CAVA, and UBS estimated Q3 same-store growth at about 3%. (Reuters, Investing.com)
The valuation leaves little room for disappointment: an October comparison put CAVA at 70.4 times forward earnings, versus 28.5 times for Chipotle. A slowdown in growth or further margin pressure could therefore weigh heavily on the shares. (Yahoo Finance)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Cava Group
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $CAVA weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.4B | 0.18% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | $6.4B | 0.18% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | $3.2B | 0.08% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | $3.2B | 0.08% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | $9B | 0.05% |
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