Cava Group Inc (NYSE: CAVA) is -8.24% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $70.00 and a high of $172.43 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CAVA stock was last observed hovering at around $77.89 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3729922.11% off its average median price target of $115.00 for the next 12 months. It is also -2983900.0% off the consensus price target high of $125.00 offered by 19 analysts, but current levels are -4144344.44% lower than the price target low of $90.00 for the same period.
Currently trading at $3730000.0, the stock is 8.72% and -1.12% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.57 million and changing 8.14% at the moment leaves the stock -23.69% off its SMA200. CAVA registered -25.33% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -28.93%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $85.1808 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $110.38475.
The stock witnessed a 2.87% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.89%, and is 11.93% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.29% over the week and 4.21% over the month.
Cava Group Inc (CAVA) has around 10690 employees, a market worth around $9.74B and $1.04B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 70.26 and Fwd P/E is 118.43. Profit margin for the company is 13.70%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.33% and -51.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.98%).
Cava Group Inc (CAVA) Analyst Forecasts
Analyst recommendations provided by FactSet shows that the consensus forecast for Cava Group Inc (CAVA) is a “Overweight”. 19 analysts offering their recommendations for the stock have an average rating of 1.84, where 7 rate it as a Hold and 2 think it is a “Overweight”. 10 of the analysts rate the stock as a “Buy”. 0 analysts have rated the stock as a Sell or Underperform.
The EPS is expected to grow by 39.62% this year.
Cava Group Inc (CAVA) Top Institutional Holders
666.0 institutions hold shares in Cava Group Inc (CAVA), with institutional investors hold 84.15% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 115.66M, and float is at 98.91M with Short Float at 11.08%. Institutions hold 79.37% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ARTAL GROUP S.A. with over 23.51 million shares valued at $2.18 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 20.5976% of the CAVA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.6 million shares valued at $519.45 million to account for 4.9072 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS which holds 4.94 million shares representing 4.329% and valued at over $458.25 million, while D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. holds 3.051 of the shares totaling 3.48 million with a market value of $322.97 million.
Cava Group Inc (CAVA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Costanza Kelly, the company’s Chief People Officer. SEC filings show that Costanza Kelly sold 2,799 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 16 ’25 at a price of $75.16 per share for a total of $0.21 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
Cava Group Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 16 ’25 that Bertram Kenneth Robert (CLO & Secretary) sold a total of 2,198 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 16 ’25 and was made at $75.16 per share for $0.17 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 58533.0 shares of the CAVA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 16 ’25, Phillips Adam David (Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 739 shares at an average price of $75.16 for $55540.0. The insider now directly holds 11,063 shares of Cava Group Inc (CAVA).
