CAVA Group, Inc.

CAVA Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

CAVA Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.2 billion, up 22.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+22.0%
EPS
−15.4%
Free cash flow
−661.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

58.91 3.07 −4.95%
Market cap
$7.0B
P/E
107×
Fwd P/E
108×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
8.00
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
n/a

CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA) Free cash flow margin

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CAVA Group, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.78%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.22%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.4% (fiscal 2022) to 5.49% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 80% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 2.47% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 2.22% (3.27)
FY2024 5.49% 11.21
FY2023 −5.72% 11.67
FY2022 −17.4% (6.81)
FY2021 −10.6% —

Against its own ten years

Low −17.4% High 5.49%
Ten-year median −5.72%
Current reading's percentile 80

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 18.8%
WING Wingstop Inc. compare 16.0%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 13.1%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 10.1%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.02%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated compare 5.45%
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. 2.78%
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare 0.00%
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare −1.39%
Restaurants industry median 2.47%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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