Cava Group Inc (NYSE: CAVA): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Cava Group Inc (NYSE:CAVA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.74M but it saw 3265081 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 13.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $117.20 came falling about -5.00 while comparing to the previous closing price of $123.37. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $172.43 and as low as $39.05. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $116.11 while lowest mark touched by it was $125.34.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Cava Group Inc (CAVA) gives us an average price of $136.68, while its current price level is -32.03% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 200.13% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $137.03 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $100.44. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.71% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.48%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 30.33 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Bernstein which initiated the stock as “Mkt Perform” in its note to investors issued on November 20, 2024, recommending a price target of $145 for it. Morgan Stanley issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $90 and $110.

Over the week, CAVA’s stock price is moving -8.14% down while it is -14.60% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 172.68% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 182.48%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.06 while estimate for next year EPS is 0.5. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $328.71M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $960.82M and seeing the company making $1.19B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $223.22M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Cava Group Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 114.56M with 8.25% of that held by the insiders while 66.87% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.69% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.09%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 257.41 while having a 187.67 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 3.07. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 21.78 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 14.70. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.21% on average.