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 ($16.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 116.5m as of 2026-05-12, 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 ≈ $79.02. Options: 26 managers hold calls ($587.4m notional), 26 hold puts ($376.2m).
Trends to Q1 2026
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 |
| Q3 2025 | 498 |
| Q4 2025 | 483 |
| Q1 2026 | 518 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 253 | 119 |
| Q3 2024 | 253 | 176 |
| Q4 2024 | 297 | 172 |
| Q1 2025 | 334 | 231 |
| Q2 2025 | 334 | 224 |
| Q3 2025 | 307 | 256 |
| Q4 2025 | 247 | 271 |
| Q1 2026 | 290 | 221 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $831.2m | $778.8m | 0.94 |
| Q3 2025 | $692.0m | $946.6m | 1.37 |
| Q4 2025 | $629.0m | $551.1m | 0.88 |
| Q1 2026 | $587.4m | $376.2m | 0.64 |
Biggest buyers
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Added | +1.7m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +1.6m |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | New | +1.5m |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | New | +1.2m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +874.7k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | New | +846.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +778.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +717.3k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | New | +687.6k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | New | +527.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -2.3m |
| Capital International Investors | Reduced | -2.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -1.5m |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -1.1m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -897.6k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -785.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -781.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -656.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -468.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -438.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $173.1m2.1m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $83.1m1.0m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $72.6m897.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $54.7m676.4k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $46.2m571.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $41.5m512.7k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $19.0m235.2k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | $14.9m184.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $13.6m168.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $13.4m166.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $68.3m844.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $54.1m668.2k shares |
| Jain Global LLC | New | $40.5m500.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $34.9m431.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $26.2m323.6k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $25.9m319.6k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $17.5m216.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $14.2m175.2k shares |
| Alphadyne Asset Management LP | Added | $13.5m166.4k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | $9.7m120.0k 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 Q1 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $222.0k | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | $7.3k | 1 | $192.1k | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 6 | $6.6m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | Bertram Kenneth Robert CLO & Secretary | Sold | $1.2m15.0k shares |
| 2026-02-26 | Costanza Kelly Chief People Officer | Sold | $2.7m31.8k shares |
| 2026-02-26 | Phillips Adam David Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $171.1k2.0k shares |
| 2026-01-27 | Schulman Brett CEO and President, director | Sold | $282.3k4.5k shares |
| 2026-01-27 | Tolivar Tricia K. Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $149.4k2.4k shares |
| 2026-01-27 | Costanza Kelly Chief People Officer | Sold | $106.1k1.7k shares |
| 2026-01-27 | Xenohristos Theodoros Chief Concept Officer, director | Sold | $64.6k1.0k shares |
| 2026-01-27 | Bertram Kenneth Robert CLO & Secretary | Sold | $61.8k994 shares |
| 2026-01-27 | Phillips Adam David Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $48.1k774 shares |
| 2026-01-21 | Schulman Brett CEO and President, director | Sold | $1.5m21.6k shares |
| 2026-01-21 | Tolivar Tricia K. Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $148.6k2.2k shares |
| 2026-01-21 | Costanza Kelly Chief People Officer | Sold | $114.7k1.7k shares |
| 2026-01-21 | Bertram Kenneth Robert CLO & Secretary | Sold | $72.4k1.1k shares |
| 2026-01-21 | Xenohristos Theodoros Chief Concept Officer, director | Sold | $65.1k965 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, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.6m $774.1m | Added +170.4k |
| Artal Group S.A. 76.11% of their portfolio | 9.5m $769.2m | Unchanged |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.17% of their portfolio | 9.2m $539.1m | Added +1.7m |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.08% of their portfolio | 6.1m $496.5m | Reduced -2.3m |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 5.9m $478.3m | Added +874.7k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $359.6m | First filing |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.2m $339.2m | First filing |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.7m $296.5m | Added +490.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $243.2m | Added +85.2k |
| Capital International Investors 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.6m $211.2m | Reduced -2.3m |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.64% of their portfolio | 2.4m $193.7m | Reduced -25.3k |
| Capital World Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.1m $172.1m | Added +1.6m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $162.0m | Added +65.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $149.7m | Reduced -1.5m |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.5m $122.9m | New |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $116.8m | Added +441.2k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.43% of their portfolio | 1.4m $113.0m | Reduced -417.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $106.0m | Reduced -785.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $105.0m | Reduced -781.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.3m $102.0m | Unchanged |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.3m $101.4m | Reduced -211.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $99.4m | Reduced -110.4k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.96% of their portfolio | 1.2m $95.4m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $86.7m | Reduced -41.0k |
| Prime Capital Management Co Ltd 9.37% of their portfolio | 1.0m $83.5m | Unchanged |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $83.3m | Reduced -468.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 907.8k $73.4m | Added +778.8k |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP 1.18% of their portfolio | 856.1k $69.3m | Reduced -79.6k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 846.7k $68.5m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 817.0k $66.1m | Added +42.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 812.9k $65.8m | Added +20.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 810.2k $65.5m | Added +717.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 802.9k $62.3m | Added +370.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 778.1k $62.9m | Added +12.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 692.3k $56.0m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 687.6k $55.1m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 647.7k $52.4m | Added +14.9k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 633.3k $51.2m | First filing |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 619.5k $50.1m | Reduced -656.4k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 535.7k $43.3m | Added +429.5k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 527.9k $42.7m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 517.1k $41.8m | Added +279.4k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.29% of their portfolio | 492.1k $39.8m | Added +81.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 490.1k $39.7m | Reduced -897.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 474.0k $38.3m | Added +470.4k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 470.6k $38.1m | Reduced -86.7k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 469.4k $38.0m | Added +137.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 468.4k $37.9m | Added +346.0k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 466.3k $37.7m | New |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 4.51% of their portfolio | 441.0k $35.7m | Reduced -71.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 420.0k $34.0m | Added +264.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 419.1k $33.9m | Added +163.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 406.1k $32.9m | Added +139.7k |
| Wealthspire Advisors, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 403.5k $32.6m | Added +374.0k |
| Armstrong, Fleming & Moore, Inc 12.50% of their portfolio | 363.9k $29.4m | Unchanged |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 2.74% of their portfolio | 328.4k $26.6m | Added +21.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 305.1k $24.7m | Added +64.3k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 1.19% of their portfolio | 303.9k $24.6m | Added +73.1k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 290.3k $23.5m | Added +247.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 279.7k $22.6m | Added +134.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 279.6k $22.6m | Added +6.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 279.3k $21.5m | Added +30.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 276.5k $22.4m | Added +60.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.07% of their portfolio | 253.9k $20.5m | Reduced -35.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 248.8k $20.1m | Added +173.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 234.3k $19.0m | Added +86.3k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 222.4k $18.0m | Reduced -51.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 216.9k $17.5m | Added +2.4k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 204.7k $16.6m | Reduced -53.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 203.4k $16.5m | Added +99.4k |
| FIL Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 200.1k $16.2m | Added +48.8k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 199.3k $16.1m | Reduced -389.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 194.5k $15.7m | Added +94.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 191.6k $15.5m | Reduced -15.3k |
| ASSETMARK, INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 187.3k $15.2m | Added +46.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 183.5k $14.8m | Added +600 |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 161.2k $13.0m | Reduced -250.2k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 152.5k $12.3m | Reduced -9.9k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.04% of their portfolio | 144.1k $11.7m | Added +34.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.3k $10.2m | Reduced -18.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.8k $10.1m | Reduced -5.8k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.60% of their portfolio | 117.2k $9.5m | Added +68.4k |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.5k $9.4m | Reduced -13.3k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 116.0k $9.4m | New |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.2k $9.3m | Added +52.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.8k $9.0m | Added +22.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.0k $7.8m | Reduced -438.5k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 92.0k $7.4m | New |
| Night Squared LP 1.05% of their portfolio | 88.6k $7.2m | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.3k $7.1m | Added +5.0k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.7k $6.9m | First filing |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.9k $6.9m | Added +51.7k |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.35% of their portfolio | 83.7k $6.8m | Reduced -3.7k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.1k $6.3m | Added +64.2k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.2k $6.7m | Reduced -49.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.4k $6.3m | Added +1.2k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.3k $6.3m | Added +67.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.7k $6.2m | New |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.1k $6.2m | Added +42.0k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.8k $6.0m | Added +17.0k |