CAVA Group, Inc. (CAVA) company profile
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $6.80BP/E 107.8Yield –
About CAVA
Retail-Eating Places, SIC 5812
CAVA Group, Inc. operates a fast-casual restaurant brand that prepares and serves Mediterranean cuisine, featuring chef-curated and customizable bowls and pitas with diverse dietary options. Alongside its dining establishments, the company produces and distributes proprietary dips, spreads, and dressings sold directly in grocery stores. Its primary guest base spans broad demographics, featuring significant representation among Millennial and Generation Z consumers across multiple dining channels and dayparts.
As of late 2025, the company maintains 439 restaurant locations across 28 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Its manufacturing infrastructure includes specialized production facilities situated in Maryland and Virginia, accompanied by a dedicated regional distribution center located in New Jersey. The enterprise conducts administrative and principal executive operations from its collaboration center headquarters based in Washington, D.C.
Summary of the business section of CAVA's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- CAVA Group, Inc.
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Address
- 14 Ridge Square Nw, Suite 500 20016
- Phone
- (202) 400-2920
- Website
- cava.com
- Employees
- 12,900, Dec 28, 2025
- Industry
- Retail-Eating Places
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 27
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP, McLean, Virginia
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- CAVA
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Jun 16, 2023
- Shares outstanding
- 117M, Aug 4, 2026
- Public float
- $9.20B, Jul 11, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1639438
- CUSIP
- 148929102
- ISIN
- US1489291021
- FIGI
- BBG00GBR8753
- Share class FIGI
- BBG00GBR8762
- EIN
- 47-3426661
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Theodoros Xenohristos | Chief Concept Officer, Director | 340,630 |
| Brett Schulman | CEO and President, Director | 1,539,024 |
| Joseph John Kadow | CLO & Secretary | 7,974 |
| Douglas W. Thompson | Chief Operations Officer | 19,371 |
| Tricia K. Tolivar | Chief Financial Officer | 237,714 |
| Adam David Phillips | Chief Accounting Officer | 6,848 |
| Kelly Costanza | Chief People Officer | 98,490 |
| Kenneth Robert Bertram | CLO & Secretary | 39,653 |
| Jennifer Somers | Chief Operations Officer | 137,481 |
| Amiee Lynn Thomas | Director | 1,821 |
| David Bosserman | Director | 145,918 |
| Benjamin Felt | Director | 9,955 |
| Ronald M. Shaich | Director | 4,538,854 |
| Philippe Amouyal | Director | 19,955 |
| Lauri M. Shanahan | Director | 9,955 |
| James D. White | Director | 7,455 |
| Karen Kochevar | Director | 3,074 |
| Amaury Wittouck | Director | 26,507,990 |
| Group S.A. Artal | Director | 17,507,990 |
| International S.C.A. Artal | Director | – |
| International Management S.A. Artal | Director | 7,762,434 |
| Administratiekantoor Westend Stichting | Director | – |
| S.A. Westend | Director | 9,507,990 |
| Participations S.a r.l. Artal | Director | 6,507,990 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $3.86M | -$40.88M | $1.77M | $134 | $110 |
| FY2024 | $1.92M | $80.15M | $908.32K | $255 | $111 |
| FY2023 | $17.06M | $46.53M | $2.78M | $96 | $105 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Incentive pay | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Schulman President and Chief Executive Officer | $861.54K | $999.91K | $1.00M | $982.11K | $15.89K | $3.86M | +101% |
| Tricia Tolivar Chief Financial Officer | $557.08K | $675.00K | $675.02K | $381.02K | $16.38K | $2.30M | +120% |
| Theodoros Xenohristos Chief Concept Officer | $450.77K | $399.98K | $399.99K | $267.20K | $13.42K | $1.53M | +98% |
| Kelly Costanza Chief People Officer | $450.77K | $399.98K | $399.99K | $267.20K | $18.54K | $1.54M | +95% |
| Robert Bertram Former Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | $295.77K | $324.91K | $324.97K | $139.66K | $17.17K | $1.10M | – |
| Jennifer Somers Former Chief Operations Officer | $391.23K | $599.92K | $600.00K | – | $787.73K | $2.38M | +132% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
IPO
From the final prospectus (Form 424B4) and the first day of trading
Offering
- Type
- Initial public offering
- Final prospectus filed
- Jun 16, 2023
- Offer price
- $22.00
- Securities offered
- 14,444,444
- Gross proceeds
- $317.78M
- Exchange
- NYSE
- First trading day
- Jun 15, 2023
- First-day close
- $43.78+99.0%
- Lock-up ends (est.)
- Dec 12, 2023
“The initial public offering price of our common stock is $22.00 per share.”
Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 28, 2025, we employed approximately 12,900 Team Members in our restaurants and 580 within manufacturing and our Collaboration Center Organization.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2023 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
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