secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CAVA GROUP, INC. (CAVA)
CIK:        0001639438
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-11T20:15:07+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-055709
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CAVA Q2 FY2026: Revenue $365.4M (+31.3% YoY), net income $23.0M (+25.3%)
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- Revenue $365.4M, up 31.3% YoY from $278.2M; same-restaurant sales +9.0% with guest traffic +5.3%.
- Net income $23.0M (6.2% of revenue) vs $18.4M a year ago; Adjusted EBITDA $54.7M, up 30.0%.
- Opened 17 net new restaurants to 476 total (+19.6% YoY); AUV rose to $3.1M from $2.9M.
- Restaurant-level profit $93.8M at 25.7% margin, down 60 bps; digital mix 39.0%.
- Margin decline driven by Pomegranate Glazed Salmon launch and higher third-party delivery mix.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828026055709/0001628280-26-055709-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1639438/000162828026055709/cava-20260811.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-055709

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