CAVA GROUP INC CAVA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 148929102 · ISIN US1489291021
Greek-American restaurant chain
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($13.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 114.0m as of 2024-05-22, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $92.74. Options: 27 managers hold calls ($508.1m notional), 28 hold puts ($430.4m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 90 |
| Q3 2023 | 140 |
| Q4 2023 | 201 |
| Q1 2024 | 290 |
| Q2 2024 | 391 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 109 | 43 |
| Q4 2023 | 144 | 45 |
| Q1 2024 | 209 | 84 |
| Q2 2024 | 253 | 119 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $43.2m | $71.9m | 1.66 |
| Q4 2023 | $80.2m | $142.3m | 1.77 |
| Q1 2024 | $324.0m | $238.8m | 0.74 |
| Q2 2024 | $508.1m | $430.4m | 0.85 |
Biggest buyers
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +1.4m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +1.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +855.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +819.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +783.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +656.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +525.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +495.4k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +451.8k |
| SpiderRock Advisors, LLC | New | +440.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Artal Group S.A. | Reduced | -3.0m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -2.5m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -2.2m |
| REVOLUTION GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. | Sold out | -1.5m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -1.0m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -792.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -471.3k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -445.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -421.4k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -370.7k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $133.2m1.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $101.4m1.1m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $92.3m995.0k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Unchanged | $30.6m330.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $28.1m303.4k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $27.4m295.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $18.6m201.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $16.5m177.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $11.9m128.6k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Added | $11.0m118.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $109.4m1.2m shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $76.9m829.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $67.9m731.9k shares |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | Unchanged | $26.9m290.0k shares |
| CANNELL CAPITAL LLC | Unchanged | $22.5m242.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $18.4m198.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $17.9m193.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $16.0m172.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $14.4m155.5k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Added | $10.3m111.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.5 pts · filed 2025-10-17 | 7.9% |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 13G · institution -2.2 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 5.7% |
| Artal International S.C.A. 13G · exempt (held before listing) -2.7 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.6% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-06 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital Research Global Investors (1.2%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 4 | $211.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | $331.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $409.4m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 7 | $503.7m | $2.8m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-25 | Bosserman David Director | Sold plan | $2.8m30.0k shares |
| 2024-06-24 | Xenohristos Theodoros Director | Sold | $8.2m90.0k shares |
| 2024-06-18 | Bertram Kenneth Robert CLO & Secretary | Sold | $500.2k5.2k shares |
| 2024-06-17 | KOCHEVAR KAREN Director | Sold | $2.0m21.0k shares |
| 2024-06-14 | Schulman Brett CEO and President, director | Sold | $6.0m66.4k shares |
| 2024-06-05 | Artal Group S.A. +5 Director | Sold | $261.8m3.0m shares |
| 2024-06-05 | SHAICH RONALD M Director | Sold | $107.5m1.2m shares |
| 2024-06-05 | SHAICH RONALD M Director | Sold | $58.0m664.8k shares |
| 2024-06-05 | SHAICH RONALD M Director · By SGC Trust LLC | Sold | $57.0m653.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Artal Group S.A. 55.98% of their portfolio | 23.5m $2.2bn | Reduced -3.0m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.6m $519.4m | Added +656.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.10% of their portfolio | 4.9m $458.2m | Reduced -370.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.45% of their portfolio | 3.5m $323.0m | Added +1.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.5m $320.5m | Added +112.0k |
| Capital International Investors 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.2m $295.5m | Reduced -142.8k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 2.7m $248.3m | Reduced -70.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $226.6m | Added +819.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.4m $226.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.44% of their portfolio | 2.0m $184.5m | Added +783.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.9m $175.2m | Added +1.4m |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.8m $171.4m | Reduced -331.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $129.2m | Reduced -792.8k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 1.3m $121.9m | Added +404.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $116.7m | Added +855.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $116.4m | Reduced -2.2m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $111.1m | Reduced -2.5m |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.1m $98.3m | Added +93.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 984.4k $91.3m | Reduced -16.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 950.8k $88.2m | Added +364.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 892.4k $82.8m | Added +451.8k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 732.6k $67.9m | Added +250.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 698.9k $64.8m | Added +495.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 669.8k $62.1m | Reduced -421.4k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 1.26% of their portfolio | 656.9k $60.9m | Added +32.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 606.0k $56.2m | Added +13.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 553.2k $51.3m | Added +168.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 550.6k $51.1m | Reduced -471.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 525.5k $48.7m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 446.2k $41.4m | Added +250.8k |
| SpiderRock Advisors, LLC 1.07% of their portfolio | 440.0k $40.8m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 427.1k $39.6m | Reduced -260.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 420.6k $39.0m | Added +238.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 408.7k $37.9m | Reduced -218.5k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.34% of their portfolio | 387.7k $36.0m | Reduced -4.4k |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 0.43% of their portfolio | 345.2k $32.0m | Reduced -200.7k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.09% of their portfolio | 313.4k $28.1m | Added +271.4k |
| Armstrong, Fleming & Moore, Inc 17.71% of their portfolio | 297.8k $27.6m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 286.2k $26.5m | Added +41.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 261.4k $24.2m | Added +89.0k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.13% of their portfolio | 235.8k $21.9m | Reduced -50.5k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 213.0k $19.8m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.2k $19.4m | Added +117.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 200.2k $18.6m | Added +75.3k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 2.70% of their portfolio | 198.9k $18.5m | Added +22.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.20% of their portfolio | 190.6k $17.7m | Added +134.0k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.20% of their portfolio | 185.9k $17.2m | Added +82.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.0k $16.8m | Added +64.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 170.8k $15.8m | Added +93.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 170.1k $15.8m | Added +19.6k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.9k $14.9m | Reduced -445.0k |
| Ghisallo Capital Management LLC 1.20% of their portfolio | 150.0k $13.9m | Unchanged |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 148.9k $13.8m | Added +22.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.3k $13.2m | Added +7.2k |
| Nepsis Inc. 3.53% of their portfolio | 141.1k $13.1m | New |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.24% of their portfolio | 133.6k $12.4m | New |
| MITCHELL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO 2.01% of their portfolio | 122.8k $11.4m | Added +1.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 120.9k $11.2m | Added +50.2k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 119.7k $11.4m | Reduced -89.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 119.1k $11.1m | Added +11.1k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 116.9k $10.8m | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.7k $10.3m | Added +25.7k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.03% of their portfolio | 109.9k $10.2m | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.16% of their portfolio | 104.4k $9.7m | Added +94.9k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 104.3k $9.7m | Reduced -42.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.0k $9.6m | Added +41.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.5k $9.4m | Added +13.5k |
| SEVEN GRAND MANAGERS, LLC 4.19% of their portfolio | 100.0k $9.3m | Reduced -25.0k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 96.6k $9.0m | Reduced -1.9k |
| MAI Capital Management 0.09% of their portfolio | 96.3k $8.9m | Reduced -8.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.4k $8.9m | Added +93.9k |
| FORA Capital, LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 90.9k $8.4m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.7k $8.3m | Added +22.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.3k $8.0m | Added +38.5k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 82.9k $7.7m | Added +1.6k |
| Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 18.34% of their portfolio | 79.9k $7.4m | Added +19.0k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 74.1k $6.9m | Added +32.2k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 73.0k $6.8m | New |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 72.8k $6.8m | Added +41.2k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 70.0k $6.5m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Renaissance Capital LLC 3.51% of their portfolio | 67.8k $6.3m | Added +36.1k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 66.4k $6.2m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 64.5k $6.0m | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.8k $5.9m | Reduced -7.4k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 62.8k $5.8m | Added +51.5k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.6k $5.7m | New |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.92% of their portfolio | 60.9k $5.6m | Reduced -348 |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.3k $5.3m | Added +32.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.4k $5.2m | Reduced -19.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.2k $5.2m | New |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 55.5k $5.2m | Added +3.6k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.4k $5.0m | Added +2.5k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.2k $4.9m | Added +24.3k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 50.7k $4.7m | Reduced -25.0k |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 48.6k $4.5m | Added +37.0k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 47.9k $4.4m | Reduced -723 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.1k $4.4m | Reduced -11.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.7k $4.3m | Added +10.9k |
| Aviance Capital Partners, LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 45.0k $4.2m | Added +4.0k |
| Twin Tree Management, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 43.8k $4.1m | New |