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CAVA · NYSE

Cava Group Inc

Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

$59.21

+9.14%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Research data through Oct 29, 2026. Research is updated periodically, not in real time.

Quality

43

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 43 of 100, in the weaker band of the covered universe. This is a research reading about business durability, not a view on the share price.

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Weak

16

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 16 of 100, recorded as weak. No dividend is recorded for this company, so the reading rests on buybacks and dilution control. Share count has increased at about 60.0% a year in the stored window.

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Price / earnings
91.4

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What this company does

CAVA Group, Inc. (together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, referred to as the "Company," "CAVA," "we," "us," and "our," unless specified otherwise) was formed as a Delaware corporation in 2015, and prior to that, the first CAVA restaurant opened in 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland. As of December 28, 2025, we operate 439 fast-casual CAVA Restaurants in 28 states and Washington, D.C. The Company’s authentic Mediterranean cuisine unites taste and health, with a menu that features chef-curated and customizable bowls and pitas. We centrally produce our dips, spreads, and certain dressing bases for use in our restaurants while also selling our dips, spreads, and prepared dressings in grocery stores.

We believe that our differentiated offerings and broad appeal give us significant opportunity in the Mediterranean and health and wellness food categories. Our guests span age groups, genders, and income brackets with a strong Millennial and a growing Gen Z contingent. The broad appeal of our brand is evidenced by substantial diversity across geographies, formats, dayparts, and channels. We are in the early stages of fulfilling our total restaurant potential, and we believe there is opportunity for more than 1,000 CAVA restaurants in the United States by 2032. We believe we are well positioned to benefit from the following strong and emerging trends:

We aim to create an industry-leading, category defining brand rooted in the following strategic pillars:

Fuel our culinary innovation and communication engine to drive traffic, mix, and check

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 25, 2026. Read the filing

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