CAVA Group (CAVA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CAVA Group, Inc. is a U.S.-based restaurant company that operates the CAVA fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant brand. Its restaurants offer customizable meals, including grain bowls, salads, pitas, dips, spreads and sides made with Mediterranean-inspired ingredients and flavors. Customers can order meals in restaurants, through digital channels and for catering.

The company’s menu is centered on a build-your-own format, allowing guests to select proteins, grains, greens, toppings, sauces and dips. CAVA also offers prepared items such as hummus and other Mediterranean-inspired foods through select retail and grocery channels, extending the brand beyond its restaurant locations.

CAVA traces its roots to a Washington, D.C.-area Mediterranean restaurant founded by Dimitri Moshovitis, Ike Grigoropoulos and Ted Xenohristos. The company serves customers through restaurant locations primarily across the United States. Brett Schulman serves as chief executive officer, while co-founder Dimitri Moshovitis is associated with the company’s culinary leadership.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $54.70 to $56.14
• 50-Day Range: $54.11 to $74.46
• 52-Week Range: $43.41 to $98.79
• Volume: 2.85 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 101.38
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $89.44
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CAVA Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CAVA Group scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 195th out of 486 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CAVA Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 16 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

CAVA Group has a consensus price target of $89.44, representing about 60.4% upside from its current price of $55.76.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CAVA Group has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 32.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CAVA Group are expected to grow by 32.73% in the coming year, from $0.55 to $0.73 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CAVA Group is 101.38, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CAVA Group is 101.38, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 45.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CAVA Group has a PEG Ratio of 4.34. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CAVA Group has a P/B Ratio of 8.30. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.05% of the float of CAVA Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CAVA Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.19.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CAVA Group has recently increased by 3.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

CAVA Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

CAVA Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.85

News Sentiment

CAVA Group has a news sentiment score of 0.85. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for CAVA Group this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 37 people have searched for CAVA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -5% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

12 people have added CAVA Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CAVA Group insiders have sold 1,299.33% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $432,380.00 in company stock and sold $6,050,417.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.70% of the stock of CAVA Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.15% of the stock of CAVA Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/11/2026
• Today: 9/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CAVA
• CIK: 1639438
• Web: www.cava.com
• Phone: 202-400-2920
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,900
• Year Founded: 2010

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CAVA Group: $89.44
• High Price Target: $110.00
• Low Price Target: $70.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +60.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 101.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: 101.37
• P/E Growth: 4.34
• Net Income: $63.74 million
• Net Margins: 4.82%
• Pretax Margin: 6.36%
• Return on Equity: 8.28%
• Return on Assets: 4.73%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.48
• Quick Ratio: 2.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.52
• Cash Flow: $1.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 47.17
• Book Value: $6.72 per share
• Price / Book: 8.30

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 116,810,000
• Free Float: 108,980,000
• Market Cap: $6.51 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.74