CAVA GroupCAVA
About: Cava Group Inc owns and operates a chain of restaurants. It is the category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, bringing together healthful food and bold, satisfying flavors at scale. The company's dips, spreads, and dressings are centrally produced and sold in grocery stores. The company's operations are conducted as two reportable segments: CAVA and Zoes Kitchen. The company generates all of its revenue from the CAVA segment.
Employees: 10,300
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
151% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 123 | Existing positions closed: 49
62% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 201 | Existing positions reduced: 124
14% more funds holding
Funds holding: 444 [Q3] → 507 (+63) [Q4]
0% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $718M | Put options by funds: $721M
2.97% less ownership
Funds ownership: 73.61% [Q3] → 70.64% (-2.97%) [Q4]
12% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $10.4B [Q3] → $9.13B (-$1.29B) [Q4]
33% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 8 (-4) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
JP Morgan John Ivankoe 55% 1-year accuracy 16 / 29 met price target | 24%upside $110 | Overweight Upgraded | 20 Mar 2025 |
Piper Sandler Brian Mullan 36% 1-year accuracy 4 / 11 met price target | 30%upside $115 | Overweight Upgraded | 28 Feb 2025 |
Loop Capital Alton Stump 39% 1-year accuracy 9 / 23 met price target | 13%upside $100 | Hold Maintained | 27 Feb 2025 |
Wedbush Nick Setyan 51% 1-year accuracy 49 / 96 met price target | 70%upside $150 | Outperform Reiterated | 26 Feb 2025 |
Barclays Jeffrey Bernstein 45% 1-year accuracy 47 / 104 met price target | 18%upside $104 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 26 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 36 articles about CAVA published over the past 30 days









