CAVA Group

NYQ:CAVA · US1489291021

Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureLarge

360

Value29

Profit price51

EV / EBIT1

Price / Owner Earnings100

Cash yield1

Owner Earnings Yield1

Dividend Yield1

Sales & asset price7

Price/Sales5

EV / Gross Profit1

Price/Book16

Quality33

Returns on capital27

Return on Capital26

Cash Return on Capital14

Return on Equity41

Profit margins39

EBIT Margin31

Gross Profitability47

Cash backing34

Cash Conversion71

Accruals18

Owner Earnings Margin14

Growth64

Sales growth96

Profit growth46

Profit Growth43

Long-Term EPS Growth92

Owner Earnings Growth4

Reinvestment56

Price momentum47

Safety66

Debt load94

Debt serviceability42

Refinancing83

Debt Payback1

Liquidity97

Sentiment49

Analyst ratings49

Expectations trend30

Opinion Changes29

Price Target Upside31

Market mood85

Value Creation10/20creating some value

Creates more value than its capital costs
Owner earnings growing
Owner earnings per share growing
Reinvests at strong returns
Solid earnings base

What this means

CAVA Group clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA

IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure

SizeLarge

TypePublic Company

ExchangeNYSE

Founded2015

Employees1,533

Websitecava.com

ISINUS1489291021

Last UpdateApr 2, 2026

Indices

S&P MIDCAP (USA)

Themes

Food DeliveryOnline GroceryGhost KitchensSocial Media AdvertisingFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageTravel and Tourism

Description

CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA), together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, operates 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-curat…

Analysis

Story stock

CAVA Group, Inc. trades at an expensive price on a weak set of business metrics, a combination we flag as a story stock.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

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2026

All-time high

Jun 2026

All-time low

Mar 2026

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Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

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Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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360° View

1 · Watch OutGood· 100

Value

1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100

Quality

1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100

Growth

1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100

Safety

1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100

Sentiment

1 · SkepticismPositive· 100

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