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 ($28.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 116.0m as of 2025-08-05, 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 ≈ $84.25. Options: 38 managers hold calls ($831.2m notional), 28 hold puts ($778.8m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q1 2025 | 520 |
| Q2 2025 | 541 |
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 |
| Q1 2025 | 334 | 231 |
| Q2 2025 | 334 | 224 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $863.9m | $914.8m | 1.06 |
| Q4 2024 | $717.6m | $720.7m | 1.00 |
| Q1 2025 | $461.1m | $525.9m | 1.14 |
| Q2 2025 | $831.2m | $778.8m | 0.94 |
Biggest buyers
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +1.7m |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Added | +1.2m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +1.0m |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO | Added | +749.5k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +738.1k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | Added | +703.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +685.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +651.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +545.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +500.4k |
Biggest sellers
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -2.1m |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -1.7m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -1.5m |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -730.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -704.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Reduced | -638.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Reduced | -568.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -540.4k |
| Amundi | Sold out | -518.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Reduced | -504.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $158.5m1.9m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $147.9m1.8m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $97.9m1.2m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $47.1m558.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $44.2m524.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $37.8m485.4k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $35.4m420.2k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $35.3m419.4k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $29.8m353.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $29.1m345.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $147.4m1.8m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $130.7m1.6m shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $108.1m1.3m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $93.6m1.1m shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $67.8m804.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $48.6m576.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $31.9m379.3k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | New | $22.6m268.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $17.5m224.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $17.3m205.0k 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 2025
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 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 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 7 | $7.0m | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 7 | $5.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | Schulman Brett CEO and President, director | Sold | $2.4m31.9k shares |
| 2025-06-16 | Tolivar Tricia K. Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $364.1k4.8k shares |
| 2025-06-16 | Xenohristos Theodoros Chief Concept Officer, director | Sold | $230.1k3.1k shares |
| 2025-06-16 | Somers Jennifer Chief Operations Officer | Sold | $215.0k2.9k shares |
| 2025-06-16 | Costanza Kelly Chief People Officer | Sold | $210.4k2.8k shares |
| 2025-06-16 | Bertram Kenneth Robert CLO & Secretary | Sold | $165.2k2.2k shares |
| 2025-06-16 | Phillips Adam David Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $55.5k739 shares |
| 2025-05-21 | Costanza Kelly Chief People Officer | Sold | $887.4k10.2k shares |
| 2025-05-09 | Xenohristos Theodoros Chief Concept Officer, director | Sold | $887.0k9.3k 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 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Artal Group S.A. 86.09% of their portfolio | 9.5m $800.9m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.0m $760.8m | Reduced -33.7k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.3m $700.9m | Added +493.2k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 6.4m $538.7m | Reduced -2.1m |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.09% of their portfolio | 5.2m $435.1m | Added +1.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.3m $364.9m | Added +282.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.4m $288.2m | Added +1.0m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $214.2m | Added +122.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $195.9m | Added +1.7m |
| Capital International Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $173.4m | Added +3.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $169.5m | Added +651.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.7m $145.0m | Added +278.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $136.7m | Added +226.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $114.0m | Added +500.4k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 1.4m $113.9m | Added +703.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.2m $102.6m | Added +738.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $97.1m | Added +545.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $91.5m | Added +167.7k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $91.2m | Added +85.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $88.8m | Added +2.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 923.2k $77.8m | Added +685.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 905.2k $76.2m | Added +350.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 824.3k $69.4m | Added +285.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 795.7k $67.0m | Reduced -283.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 774.3k $65.2m | Reduced -188.5k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.43% of their portfolio | 752.0k $63.3m | Added +749.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 734.4k $61.9m | Added +55.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.11% of their portfolio | 724.9k $61.1m | Reduced -499.6k |
| FIL Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 715.6k $60.3m | Added +355.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 668.1k $56.3m | Added +5.8k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 620.3k $52.2m | Reduced -568.3k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 606.0k $51.0m | Reduced -504.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 604.6k $50.9m | Added +250.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 575.6k $48.5m | Added +56.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 573.6k $48.3m | Added +18.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.04% of their portfolio | 549.1k $46.3m | Added +268.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 511.7k $43.1m | Reduced -260.9k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 506.3k $42.6m | Added +467.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 489.2k $41.2m | Added +334.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 476.8k $40.2m | Added +184.7k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 445.2k $37.5m | Added +66.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 432.8k $36.5m | Added +219.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 413.4k $34.8m | Added +65.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 372.3k $31.4m | Added +336.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 362.5k $30.5m | Added +125.8k |
| Armstrong, Fleming & Moore, Inc 16.45% of their portfolio | 359.7k $30.3m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 350.9k $29.6m | Reduced -329.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 340.3k $28.7m | Added +322.4k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 3.64% of their portfolio | 321.7k $27.1m | Added +50.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 321.1k $27.0m | Added +316.4k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 315.9k $26.6m | Reduced -3.6k |
| MIG Capital, LLC 2.44% of their portfolio | 275.1k $23.2m | Added +208.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 251.8k $21.2m | Added +27.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 238.6k $20.1m | Added +54.7k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 209.0k $17.6m | Reduced -187.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 204.5k $17.2m | Reduced -638.0k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 195.6k $16.5m | Not comparable |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. 1.12% of their portfolio | 195.4k $16.5m | Added +76.8k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 194.0k $16.3m | Reduced -46.9k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 187.9k $15.8m | Reduced -174.8k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 186.4k $15.7m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 176.6k $14.9m | Added +10.2k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 168.8k $14.2m | Added +76.9k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.02% of their portfolio | 165.5k $13.9m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.3k $12.7m | Added +10.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 141.1k $11.9m | Added +92.9k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.03% of their portfolio | 139.9k $11.8m | Reduced -16.6k |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 0.15% of their portfolio | 134.1k $11.3m | New |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.05% of their portfolio | 131.7k $11.1m | Added +127.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 123.1k $10.4m | Added +99.1k |
| Nepsis Inc. 2.87% of their portfolio | 122.4k $10.3m | Reduced -12.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 122.1k $10.3m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.9k $10.2m | Reduced -704.0k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.17% of their portfolio | 120.8k $10.2m | Added +102.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.9k $9.6m | Reduced -540.4k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 106.1k $8.9m | Reduced -72.0k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 100.4k $8.5m | Added +1.6k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.04% of their portfolio | 94.3k $7.9m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 90.2k $7.6m | Added +36.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.0k $7.5m | Added +48.1k |
| CW Advisors, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 87.4k $7.4m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.3k $7.4m | Added +8.2k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 86.8k $7.3m | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.1k $7.3m | Added +18.9k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.4k $7.1m | Added +12.8k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.7k $6.5m | Added +10.4k |
| MAI Capital Management 0.04% of their portfolio | 76.5k $6.4m | Reduced -121 |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.8k $6.4m | Added +14.2k |
| TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 75.0k $6.3m | Added +24.4k |
| Renaissance Capital LLC 4.35% of their portfolio | 74.1k $6.2m | Reduced -2.9k |
| HANTZ FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 0.10% of their portfolio | 73.9k $6.2m | Added +73.9k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.5k $5.9m | Added +50.9k |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 68.7k $5.8m | Added +29.6k |
| Royal Fund Management, LLC 0.61% of their portfolio | 68.3k $5.8m | New |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.2k $5.7m | Added +65.0k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.3k $5.6m | Added +12.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.2k $5.5m | Reduced -1.5m |
| Nemes Rush Group LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 64.9k $5.5m | Added +12.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.3k $5.3m | Added +26.6k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.0k $5.3m | Added +50.3k |