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) Operating margin

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CAVA Group, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.86%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.69%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.6% (fiscal 2022) to 4.69% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.59% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 4.69% 0.22
FY2024 4.47% 3.82
FY2023 0.65% 11.24
FY2022 −10.6% (0.04)
FY2021 −10.6% —

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 4.21% (3.08)
Jun 2026 7.29% 1.53
Mar 2026 5.76% 4.74
Dec 2025 1.02% (4.84)
17 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −10.6% High 4.69%
Ten-year median 0.65%
Current reading's percentile 75

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare 38.3%
WING Wingstop Inc. compare 27.7%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 19.7%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 11.0%
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 9.53%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.75%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated compare 6.04%
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. 4.86%
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare 3.63%
Restaurants industry median 4.59%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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