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Cava Group

CAVANYSERestaurantsWashington, US-DC, USMid cap
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Cava Group is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 11, 2026): sentiment 0.40 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 5 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 25, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 3 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q3 2026: $0.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 540 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+21 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q4 2024: 1.U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Company Posture covers S&P 500 companies.

No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Cava Group yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Capital returned and raised

Business

Cava Group: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.00BData to Dec 2023
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Cava Group: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Cava Group: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

5.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Cava Group: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.40Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Cava Group: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.70Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Cava Group: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

0.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Cava Group: net New CAVA Restaurant Openings

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, count

17.0Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Cava Group: cAVA Restaurants

KPI Ledger, as reported in the company's results releases, count

476.0Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataKPI Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Cava Group: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

1.0Data to Dec 2024
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Cava Group: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$0MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Cava Group: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

540.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Cava Group, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Aug 3, 20268-K
  2. Jun 24, 20268-K
  3. Jun 24, 20268-K
  4. Apr 21, 20268-K
  5. Apr 8, 2026Trademark
  6. Mar 25, 20268-K
  7. Feb 25, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 3 removed
  8. Jan 12, 20268-K
  9. Dec 22, 2025Trademark
  10. Nov 17, 2025Trademark
  11. Sep 26, 20258-K
  12. Sep 18, 2025Trademark
  13. Sep 18, 2025Trademark
  14. Jun 25, 20258-K
  15. Feb 26, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 3 removed
  16. Feb 27, 202410-K

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Dutch Bros Inc. BROS$1.9B$0.1BJun 30, 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG$12.4B$1.6BJun 30, 2026
Domino's DPZ———
Darden Restaurants DRI$13.4B$1.1BAug 30, 2026
McDonald's Corp. MCD$27.7B$7.8BJun 30, 2026
Restaurant Brands International QSR$9.7B$1.6BJun 30, 2026
Starbucks Corp. SBUX$38.3B$3.6BJun 28, 2026
Yum! Brands YUM$8.7B$1.7BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1639438
Wikidata
Q85751038

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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