CAVA CAVA GROUP, INC.

NEUTRAL Impact: 3/10 Insider Cluster (3 insiders)
Horizon weeks Filed May 28, 2026 Processed 19d 11h ago
Insider cluster: 3 insiders, $1.5M total
Latest settled — T+5d
CAVA ▼ -8.15% at T+5d
NEUTRAL call ✗ call lost -8.15% · α vs SPY -7.86% · entry $77.66 → $71.33
Next anchor: T+20d in 9d
Currently $87.30 · +12.41% from $77.66 entry
Entry anchored
May 28, 03:59 PM ET
via Databento tick
T+1d
-3.85%
call -3.85% · α -4.13%
$74.67
settled 19d ago
T+5d
-8.15%
call -8.15% · α -7.86%
$71.33
settled 13d ago
T+20d
call — · α —
in 9d
T+60d
call — · α —
in 2mo

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Executive Summary

CAVA's cluster is mixed: the COO made a small open-market purchase of $318K, while the Chief Accounting Officer and Chief People Officer sold a combined $1.2M. The trades followed a strong Q1 earnings release (revenue +32.2%, raised FY guidance) where same-restaurant sales grew 9.7% on 6.8% traffic growth. The insider sells look like routine post-earnings liquidity events (blackout lifted), while the buy is modest and possibly a signal of conviction from operations leadership. At $1.5M total cluster value vs. a $9.6B market cap, all activity is immaterial as a fraction of float (~0.016%).

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
mixed
Total Value
$1.5M
Insiders
3

Actionable Insight

The mixed cluster is noise. The COO buy is directionally constructive but too small to read through. The two officer sells ($1.2M aggregate) are routine post-earnings liquidity — CAO and CPO positions are typically diversification-driven. With CAVA raising full-year guidance and fundamentals accelerating, the sell side does not outweigh the positive earnings momentum. Monitor next 8-K or conference data for same-store-sales sustainability; no urgent trade signal here.

Key Facts

  • COO Thompson bought 4,000 shares at $79.45 for $317.8K — open-market purchase.
  • CAO Phillips sold 5.2K shares at $77.14 for $400K — open-market sale.
  • CPO Costanza sold 10K shares at $79.87 for $799K — open-market sale.
  • Total cluster value of $1.52M is ~0.016% of CAVA's $9.6B market cap.
  • Q1 FY2026 revenue grew 32.2% YoY to $434.4M; same-restaurant sales up 9.7%.
  • FY2026 guidance raised: same-restaurant sales outlook 4.5%-6.5% (from 3.0%-5.0%); Adjusted EBITDA raised to $181-$191M.

Financial Impact

1.52 million in total insider trading value, 0.016% of market cap

insider trading volumemarket cap

Risk Factors

  • Insider sell cluster after strong earnings could signal peak valuation sentiment among executives.
  • CAVA trades at a high multiple relative to restaurants; any same-store-sales deceleration would pressure the stock disproportionately.

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Retail-Eating Places
Analyst Consensus
57% bullish (37 analysts)

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-CAVA-1779998608606
7 reports for CAVA
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Jun 5, 2026
11d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$73.62 $89.52▲ +21.60%▲ +19.49%$87.30 (+18.58%)
May 29, 2026
18d ago
3
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$74.67 $72.60▼ −2.77%▼ −0.02%$87.30 (+16.91%)
May 28, 2026
19d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$77.66 $71.33▼ −8.15%▼ −7.86%$87.30 (+12.41%)
May 22, 2026
25d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$80.32 $74.67▼ −7.03%▼ −8.12%$87.30 (+8.69%)
Apr 24, 2026
7w ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$94.23 $89.19▼ −5.35%▼ −5.75%$87.30 (−7.35%)
Apr 21, 2026
8w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$96.75 $91.12▼ −5.82%▼ −5.88%$87.30 (−9.77%)
Feb 24, 2026
16w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 8/10
$85.67 $79.52▼ −7.18%▼ −6.08%$87.30 (+1.90%)
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