Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for CAVA Group Q1 Earnings

CAVA Group, Inc. (NYSE:CAVA) – Equities researchers at William Blair lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of CAVA Group in a report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.13 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.17. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for CAVA Group’s current full-year earnings is $0.50 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for CAVA Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.16 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.65 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently commented on CAVA. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of CAVA Group from $163.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 21st. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of CAVA Group from $160.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of CAVA Group from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of CAVA Group from $118.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, TD Securities lowered their price objective on shares of CAVA Group from $150.00 to $130.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CAVA Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $133.27.

CAVA Group Trading Down 9.0 %

CAVA Group stock opened at $90.02 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $10.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 195.69 and a beta of 3.25. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $121.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $125.78. CAVA Group has a 52 week low of $54.21 and a 52 week high of $172.43.

CAVA Group (NYSE:CAVA) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.06 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $227.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $223.34 million. CAVA Group had a net margin of 5.88% and a return on equity of 9.10%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Tricia K. Tolivar sold 2,086 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.18, for a total transaction of $248,609.48. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 235,592 shares in the company, valued at approximately $28,077,854.56. This trade represents a 0.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Ronald M. Shaich sold 622,549 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $149.40, for a total transaction of $93,008,820.60. Following the sale, the director now owns 6,307 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $942,265.80. This represents a 99.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 651,784 shares of company stock worth $96,522,922. 12.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of CAVA Group

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CAVA. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in CAVA Group by 20.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,011,602 shares of the company’s stock valued at $903,709,000 after acquiring an additional 1,357,187 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in CAVA Group by 14.1% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,976,353 shares of the company’s stock valued at $448,533,000 after acquiring an additional 491,320 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its stake in CAVA Group by 36,658.7% in the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 2,461,732 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,683,000 after acquiring an additional 2,455,035 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its stake in CAVA Group by 17.0% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 2,210,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,820,000 after acquiring an additional 321,800 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its stake in CAVA Group by 33.0% in the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,464,987 shares of the company’s stock valued at $165,243,000 after acquiring an additional 363,814 shares during the last quarter. 73.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

CAVA Group Company Profile

CAVA Group, Inc owns and operates a chain of restaurants under the CAVA brand in the United States. The company also offers dips, spreads, and dressings through grocery stores. In addition, the company provides online and mobile ordering platforms. Cava Group, Inc was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.