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 ($44.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 114.6m as of 2024-11-05, 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 ≈ $112.84. Options: 26 managers hold calls ($717.6m notional), 32 hold puts ($720.7m).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q3 2024 | 450 |
| Q4 2024 | 522 |
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 |
| Q3 2024 | 253 | 176 |
| Q4 2024 | 297 | 172 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $324.0m | $238.8m | 0.74 |
| Q2 2024 | $508.1m | $430.4m | 0.85 |
| Q3 2024 | $863.9m | $914.8m | 1.06 |
| Q4 2024 | $717.6m | $720.7m | 1.00 |
Biggest buyers
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Added | +2.5m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +1.4m |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +900.1k |
| Man Group plc | Added | +794.2k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +692.6k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Added | +644.0k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Added | +500.9k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +491.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +480.9k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP | Added | +410.8k |
Biggest sellers
| Artal Group S.A. | Reduced | -8.0m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -1.1m |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -802.9k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | Reduced | -532.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -486.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -469.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -454.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -449.5k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -387.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -325.9k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $179.3m1.6m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $134.9m1.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $133.8m1.2m shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $51.0m452.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $41.4m370.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $38.3m339.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $25.5m226.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $24.1m213.9k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $23.6m208.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $19.1m169.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $176.0m1.6m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $162.6m1.4m shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $115.0m1.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $63.9m566.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $45.2m400.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $27.6m244.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $20.2m181.2k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $17.3m153.5k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | First filing | $13.3m117.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $13.1m116.5k 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 9 | $865.5m | $562.0k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 7 | $1.3bn | $2.8m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-09 | SHAICH RONALD M Director | Sold | $93.0m622.5k shares |
| 2024-12-09 | SHAICH RONALD M Director · By Act III Holdings, LLC | Sold | $56.7m379.6k shares |
| 2024-12-09 | SHAICH RONALD M Director · By SGC Trust LLC | Sold | $54.5m365.1k shares |
| 2024-12-06 | Bertram Kenneth Robert CLO & Secretary | Sold | $752.0k5.0k shares |
| 2024-12-05 | Schulman Brett CEO and President, director | Sold | $49.1m327.0k shares |
| 2024-12-04 | Xenohristos Theodoros Director | Sold | $9.5m65.0k shares |
| 2024-11-19 | Tolivar Tricia K. Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | $2.8m20.0k shares |
| 2024-11-19 | KOCHEVAR KAREN Director | Sold | $2.1m15.0k shares |
| 2024-11-18 | Artal Group S.A. +5 Director | Sold | $1.1bn8.0m shares |
| 2024-11-15 | KOCHEVAR KAREN Director | Sold | $2.1m15.0k 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, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Artal Group S.A. 91.41% of their portfolio | 9.5m $1.1bn | Reduced -8.0m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 8.0m $903.7m | Added +1.4m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.58% of their portfolio | 4.7m $529.2m | Reduced -454.5k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $481.1m | Added +692.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.0m $448.5m | Added +491.3k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.4m $383.7m | Reduced -387.5k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 2.5m $277.7m | Added +2.5m |
| Capital International Investors 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $255.9m | Reduced -233.5k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.44% of their portfolio | 2.2m $245.7m | Added +644.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.9m $214.5m | Reduced -309.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.29% of their portfolio | 1.6m $178.7m | Added +108.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.6m $176.8m | Reduced -235.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $175.3m | Added +108.3k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.5m $168.0m | Reduced -156.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.5m $167.4m | Reduced -486.9k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.36% of their portfolio | 1.5m $165.2m | Added +363.8k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.4m $156.7m | Added +31.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $148.0m | Added +44.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.2m $140.6m | Added +480.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $140.6m | Added +21.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $126.0m | Reduced -449.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 947.6k $106.9m | Reduced -39.2k |
| Man Group plc 0.32% of their portfolio | 935.1k $105.5m | Added +794.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 923.2k $104.1m | Added +900.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 851.8k $96.1m | Reduced -305.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 816.8k $92.1m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 760.1k $85.7m | Added +36.8k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.07% of their portfolio | 628.3k $70.9m | Added +500.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 572.1k $64.5m | Added +2.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 531.0k $59.9m | Reduced -216.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 527.9k $59.5m | Added +11.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 527.6k $59.5m | First filing |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 520.7k $58.7m | Added +280.3k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.86% of their portfolio | 435.8k $49.2m | Added +410.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 415.5k $46.9m | Added +83.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 366.8k $41.4m | Reduced -251.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 296.5k $33.4m | Reduced -86.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 281.7k $31.8m | New |
| Mariner, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 275.9k $31.1m | Added +9.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 269.3k $30.4m | Reduced -13.8k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.04% of their portfolio | 260.0k $29.3m | Added +155.5k |
| Armstrong, Fleming & Moore, Inc 17.62% of their portfolio | 257.8k $29.1m | Unchanged |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 3.71% of their portfolio | 254.4k $28.7m | Added +24.6k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.28% of their portfolio | 248.8k $28.1m | Added +37.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 247.0k $27.9m | Added +82.7k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 243.2k $27.4m | Added +97.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 242.7k $27.4m | Added +16.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 241.1k $34.1m | Added +144.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 239.6k $27.0m | Added +72.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 236.5k $26.7m | Reduced -56.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.30% of their portfolio | 225.8k $25.5m | Added +7.2k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 222.6k $25.1m | Added +207.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 201.8k $22.8m | Added +34.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.22% of their portfolio | 181.6k $20.5m | Reduced -132.6k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 173.9k $19.6m | Added +113 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.71% of their portfolio | 172.4k $19.4m | Added +122.8k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.33% of their portfolio | 170.1k $19.2m | Added +4.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 157.4k $17.8m | Added +46.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.0k $17.4m | Added +52.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 151.7k $17.1m | Reduced -2.3k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 148.6k $16.8m | Added +144.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 145.1k $16.4m | Added +28.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.0k $15.9m | Added +1.3k |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 0.22% of their portfolio | 137.4k $15.5m | New |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.04% of their portfolio | 132.8k $15.0m | Added +7.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 126.5k $14.3m | Added +19.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 120.9k $13.6m | Reduced -161.0k |
| Banque Transatlantique SA 0.02% of their portfolio | 113.9k $789.3k | First filing |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 111.4k $12.6m | First filing |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.1k $12.2m | Reduced -21.9k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 107.1k $12.1m | Added +103.0k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 103.6k $11.7m | Added +51.8k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 102.2k $11.5m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 92.5k $10.4m | Reduced -5.2k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 90.7k $10.2m | Added +1.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 90.0k $10.2m | Added +23.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.6k $10.1m | Reduced -734 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 88.5k $10.0m | Reduced -325.9k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.5k $9.6m | Reduced -802.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.8k $9.6m | Added +8.1k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 84.4k $9.5m | Added +67.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.2k $9.1m | Added +38.4k |
| MAI Capital Management 0.06% of their portfolio | 77.0k $8.7m | Reduced -4.5k |
| Renaissance Capital LLC 5.66% of their portfolio | 76.4k $8.6m | Reduced -5.0k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 75.8k $8.6m | New |
| Nepsis Inc. 5.19% of their portfolio | 75.3k $20.8m | Reduced -72.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.5k $8.4m | Added +19.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 74.3k $8.4m | Added +66.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.8k $8.2m | Added +587 |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 71.6k $8.1m | Reduced -27.1k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.16% of their portfolio | 70.3k $7.9m | New |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.2k $7.6m | Added +9.8k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.2k $7.5m | Reduced -1.3k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.2k $7.5m | Added +14.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.9k $7.4m | Added +4.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.0k $7.3m | Added +47.8k |
| M&G PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 64.9k $7.3m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.3k $7.3m | Reduced -132.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 62.1k $7.0m | Reduced -8.9k |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 61.5k $6.9m | Added +8.7k |