Cava (CAVA) Q1 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
Cava Group (CAVA) reported $331.83 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 28.1%. EPS of $0.22 for the same period compares to $0.12 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.36% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $330.64 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.14, the EPS surprise was +57.14%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Cava performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- CAVA Same Restaurant Sales Growth: 10.8% versus 10.2% estimated by eight analysts on average.
- End of period CAVA Restaurants: 382 versus 382 estimated by seven analysts on average.
- New CAVA restaurant openings, including converted Zoes Kitchen locations: 15 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 14.
- Occupancy as a percentage of CAVA Revenue: 7.4% versus 7.6% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- CAVA Restaurant: $328.48 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $326.88 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +28.2%.
- Restaurant-Level profit- CAVA: $82.31 million compared to the $83.01 million average estimate based on three analysts.
Shares of Cava have returned +16.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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