secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CAVA GROUP, INC. (CAVA)
CIK:        0001639438
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-048864
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828025048864/0001628280-25-048864-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828025048864/cava-20251104.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-048864

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