CAVA (CAVA)
Serves customizable Mediterranean bowls and pitas alongside a smaller grocery foods business.
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Sells chef-curated and customizable Mediterranean bowls and pitas through U.S. restaurants and digital channels, while CAVA Foods supplies restaurant ingredients and packaged dips, spreads, and dressings to grocery stores. Restaurant sales generate nearly all reported revenue, leaving expansion dependent on new-site execution, labor, fresh ingredients, food safety, and menu acceptance.
Runs a U.S. Mediterranean fast-casual chain built around chef-curated and customizable bowls and pitas. CAVA restaurants serve guests in-store and through pickup, delivery, catering, the app, and the website, while CAVA Foods makes dips, spreads, and dressing bases for restaurants and sells packaged products through grocery stores.
Restaurant sales provide nearly all reported revenue, making new-site selection, construction, staffing, menu acceptance, and guest traffic central to the operating model. A former Zoës Kitchen estate accelerated the national footprint through conversions; expansion now depends on a pipeline of newly leased and built locations.
Operations remain concentrated in the United States and depend on fresh-ingredient availability, a limited national distribution network, manufacturing capacity, food safety, labor retention, and third-party delivery marketplaces. Consistent recipes and digital order fulfillment connect restaurant execution with the smaller packaged-food business.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 21, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Seaport Global | Initiate | Rating: —Target: — | Target: $58 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Compass Point | Upgrade | Rating: — | |
| Aug 13, 2026 | DA Davidson | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $84 | Target: $75 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Guggenheim | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: — | Target: $95 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | KeyBanc | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $105 | Target: $95 |
EPSReportedEstimate
RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Jul 12, 2026Cash & short-term investments $435.6M · Total debt $520.7M · Total assets $1.50B · Shareholders' equity $841.3M
- Revenue
- $368.4M
- Operating income
- $26.8M
- Net income
- $23.0M
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | 90.13% | 105.27M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 582 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 9.75% | 11.39M shares | |
| 18 holders · as of Sep 16, 2026 | |||
| Other | 0.12% | 141.0K shares | |
| remainder | |||
116.81M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 8.26% | 9.65M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
International S.C.A. Artal1,2Insiderdirector | 8.14% | 9.51M | filed Feb 12, 2025 |
AllianceBernstein L.P.Institution | 5.69% | 6.64M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Artal Group S.A.Institution | 5.57% | 6.51M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
FMR LLCInstitution | 4.73% | 5.53M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
- International S.C.A. Artal's transaction reports restate only vehicles that traded; the 2025 ownership statement (9.51M) is used instead.
- International S.C.A. Artal reports a block also reported by BlackRock, Inc.; it is counted once, under BlackRock, Inc.
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Joseph John Kadow | officer: CLO & Secretary | +1,000 | $49.96 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Douglas W. Thompson | officer: Chief Operations Officer | +6,500 | $66.52 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Karen Kochevar | director | −10,000 | $90.00 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Participations S.a r.l. Artal | director | −3,000,000 | $90.30 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Theodoros Xenohristos | director, officer: Chief Concept Officer | −3,252 | $89.43 |
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAVA | $53.47 | +2.83% | $6.06B | 94.3 | 87.0 | 4.4 | +31.3% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | $33.42 | +0.84% | $42.48B | 30.4 | 26.4 | 3.4 | +9.3% |
| Sweetgreen | $7.83 | +4.61% | $888.8M | 74.8 | — | 1.3 | +3.8% |
| Shake Shack | $58.74 | +3.12% | $2.30B | 60.4 | 47.7 | 1.5 | +17.2% |
| McDonald's | $251.08 | +1.29% | $176.12B | 20.1 | 18.9 | 6.4 | +3.7% |
| Yum! Brands | $140.45 | +0.80% | $38.42B | 17.5 | 20.9 | 4.4 | +12.2% |
| Median | 30.4 | 23.6 | 3.4 | +9.3% |