Cava (CAVA) Operating Margin (2022 - 2025)
Cava (CAVA) reported Operating Margin of 1.02% for Q4 2025, down 72.0% on a YoY basis from 3.65% in Q4 2024, and down 82.56% sequentially from 5.86% in Q4 2025.
Cava (CAVA) Operating Margin (2022 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Cava (CAVA) has 4 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 1.02% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 72.0% year-over-year to 1.02%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 4.69% (up 21.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 4.69%, up 21.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin fell to 1.02% in Q4 2025, from 5.86% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 7.0% in Q3 2025 to a low of 14.86% in Q4 2022.
- A 4-year average of 0.64% and a median of 1.74% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Margin surged 1397 bps in 2023 and slumped 72 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Tracing CAVA's Operating Margin over 4 years: stood at 14.86% in 2022, then jumped by 94 bps to 0.89% in 2023, then jumped by 295 bps to 1.74% in 2024, then tumbled by 41 bps to 1.02% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows CAVA's Operating Margin at 1.02% in Q4 2025, 5.86% in Q4 2025, and 7.0% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2025 | 1.02% |
| Oct 5, 2025 | 5.86% |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 7.00% |
| Apr 20, 2025 | 4.73% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 1.74% |
| Oct 6, 2024 | 5.65% |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 6.91% |
| Apr 21, 2024 | 3.57% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.89% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 1.59% |
| Jul 9, 2023 | 3.33% |
| Apr 16, 2023 | -1.11% |
| Dec 25, 2022 | -14.86% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | -8.78% |
| Jul 10, 2022 | -6.13% |