---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-048864"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAVA"
cik: "0001639438"
company_name: "CAVA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:38:40.290879+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CAVA Q3 revenue up 20% to $289.8M; same-restaurant sales +1.9%; net income $14.7M

## Summary
- Revenue $289.8M (+20.0% YoY) driven by 17 net new restaurants and 1.9% same-restaurant sales growth.
- Restaurant-level profit margin 24.6% vs 25.6% a year ago; impacted by tariffs, chicken shawarma launch, and wage investments.
- Net income $14.7M (5.0% of revenue) vs $18.0M in Q3 2024; lower due to higher tax rate and depreciation.
- Adjusted EBITDA $40.0M (+19.6% YoY); AUV $2.9M; digital mix 37.6%; 415 total CAVA restaurants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-048864
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAVA
- cik: 0001639438
- company_name: CAVA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828025048864/0001628280-25-048864-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828025048864/cava-20251104.htm

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