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CAVA Group Profile & Fundamentals

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Company and Market Context

Company Profile & Ownership

CAVA Group, Inc. owns and operates a chain of restaurants under the CAVA brand in the United States. It also offers dips, spreads, and dressings through grocery stores. In addition, the company provides walk-the-line, online, and mobile ordering platforms. CAVA Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

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CAVA Group, Inc.

Common Stock · Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants

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Company

Company / asset: CAVA Group, Inc.
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Restaurants
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 14 Ridge Square NW, Washington, DC, United States, 20016

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Brett Schulman
CEO year born: 1972
Full-time employees: 13.5K
Fiscal year end: December
IPO date: 2023-06-15

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-15

Market Cap: USD 6.1B
P/E: 92.3x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 368.4M
Profit (Q2 26): USD 23.0M
Dividend Yield: --
Revenue (FY 25): USD 1.2B
Shares in public float: 107.9M
Insider ownership: 5.74%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: CAVA.NYSE
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US1489291021
Asset ID: equity_3879b2c2-adeb-567a-a9df-5f196f9a4c43

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Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc9,567,987 shares · 8.19% · Reported 2026-03-31
AllianceBernstein L.P.9,185,954 shares · 7.86% · Reported 2026-03-31
Artal Group S A6,507,990 shares · 5.57% · Reported 2026-06-30
FMR Inc5,911,767 shares · 5.06% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4,445,384 shares · 3.81% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC4,192,699 shares · 3.59% · Reported 2026-03-31
American Funds SMALLCAP World A3,754,919 shares · 3.21% · Reported 2026-06-30

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T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.3,665,599 shares · 3.14% · Reported 2026-03-31
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF3,506,429 shares · 3.00% · Reported 2026-08-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest3,155,432 shares · 2.70% · Reported 2026-07-31
State Street Corp3,005,604 shares · 2.57% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Small Cap Index2,276,467 shares · 1.95% · Reported 2026-07-31
Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 32,058,240 shares · 1.76% · Reported 2026-06-30
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,001,893 shares · 1.71% · Reported 2026-03-31
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts1,850,610 shares · 1.58% · Reported 2026-03-31

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The reports show that the company is experiencing incredible sales growth, with revenues jumping over twenty percent year-over-year. This strong performance is driven by real customer demand and busy stores, rather than just price increases. However, experts are divided on what this means for future profits. Some believe the company will continue to compound its earnings beautifully as it expands nationwide. Others warn that actual cash profits are quite small because the company has to spend almost all its money on building new locations. There is a clear consensus that while the business is running exceptionally well, the current stock price is extremely high compared to its actual earnings. This means any future slowdown in sales or unexpected rise in costs could lead to a painful drop in the stock price, even if the business itself remains healthy.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

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Valuation

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Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The company's store-level profit margins are outstanding, holding steady at around twenty-five percent. This shows that individual restaurants are highly efficient and profitable. However, there is a sharp clash of opinions regarding whether these high margins can be sustained. Some experts believe that smart scheduling and digital ordering will keep margins high. Conversely, many warn of an upcoming margin squeeze. They point out that rising costs for food, packaging, and labor will inevitably eat into profits. Because the company deliberately keeps its menu prices low to attract more customers, it cannot easily pass these rising costs onto diners without hurting sales. There is a strong consensus that the stock market is currently pricing in impossible, software-like margin growth. If margins shrink even slightly due to inflation, the stock price is highly vulnerable to a major downward adjustment, making margin safety a key concern for investors.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2019-12-31	428,300,000	-392,100,000	33,000,000	15.5	8.76	7.7	-91.55
2020-12-31	931,800,000	-169,000,000	60,800,000	12.67	7.77	6.53	-18.14
2021-12-31	500,072,000	-53,018,000	-37,391,000	16.43	-10.55	-7.48	-10.6
2022-12-31	564,119,000	-98,285,000	-58,987,000	17.37	-10.59	-10.46	-17.42
2023-12-31	728,700,000	-41,705,000	13,280,000	24.75	0.65	1.82	-5.72
2024-12-31	963,713,000	52,896,000	130,319,000	25.09	4.47	13.52	5.49
2025-12-31	1,179,664,000	26,141,000	63,743,000	18.38	6.73	5.4	2.22

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-12-31	108.66	Trailing four quarters
2024-12-31	102.37	Trailing four quarters
2023-12-31	359.64	Trailing four quarters

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2021-01-01	983,300
2022-01-01	113,580,600
2023-01-01	113,580,600
2024-01-01	118,273,000
2025-01-01	118,018,000
2026-01-01	118,379,000

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