Growth Metrics

Cava (CAVA) Operating Margin (2022 - 2025)

Cava (CAVA) has disclosed Operating Margin for 4 consecutive years, with 1.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 72.0% to 1.02% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.69% through Dec 2025, up 21.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.69% for FY2025, 21.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 1.02% in Q4 2025 for Cava, down 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.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 0.64% across 4 years, with a median of 1.74% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 1397bps in 2023 and later crashed -72bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 14.86% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 94bps to 0.89% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 295bps to 1.74% in 2024, then crashed by -41bps to 1.02% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for CAVA at 1.02% in Q4 2025, 5.86% in Q4 2025, and 7.0% in Q3 2025.