CAVA Group Non-GAAP EPS of $0.16 beats by $0.03, revenue of $278.25M misses by $6.98M

* CAVA Group press release [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20198656-cava-group-reports-second-quarter-2025-results] (NYSE:CAVA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CAVA]): Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.16 beats by $0.03.
* Revenue of $278.25M (+20.2% Y/Y) misses by $6.98M.
* Shares -10.85%.

* Net New CAVA Restaurant Openings of 16, bringing total CAVA Restaurants to 398, a 16.7% increase in total CAVA Restaurants year over year.

* CAVA Same Restaurant Sales Growth of 2.1%.

* CAVA AUV of $2.9 million as compared to $2.7 million in the prior year quarter excluding the 53rd week of fiscal 2023.

* CAVA Restaurant-Level Profit of $73.3 million or growth of 19.6% over the prior year quarter, with CAVA Restaurant-Level Profit Margin of 26.3%.

* CAVA Digital Revenue Mix was 37.3%.

* CAVA Group Net Income of $18.4 million compared to $19.7 million of net income and $16.8 million of Adjusted Net Income1 in the prior year quarter.

* CAVA Group Adjusted EBITDA1 of $42.1 million compared to $34.3 million in the prior year quarter.

* Year to date net cash provided by operating activities of $98.9 million with Free Cash Flow1 of $21.9 million.
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Fiscal Full-Year 2025 Outlook:

CAVA Group announced today that it updated fiscal full-year 2025 guidance, as follows:

May 15, 2025

August 12, 2025

Net New CAVA Restaurant Openings

64 to 68

68 to 70

CAVA Same Restaurant Sales Growth

6.0% to 8.0%

4.0% to 6.0%

CAVA Restaurant-Level Profit Margin

24.8% to 25.2%

24.8% to 25.2%

Pre-opening costs

$14.5 to $15.5 million

$15.5 to $16.5 million

Adjusted EBITDA

$152.0 to $159.0 million

$152.0 to $159.0 million

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