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What is Cava Group, Inc. worth?

With the base-case assumptions below, a discounted cash flow model on Cava Group, Inc.'s reported free cash flow gives $10.03 per share. The share price was $51.58 on September 25, 2026, 414% above that value.

Inputs from the filings

Free cash flow, fiscal 2025
$26.1M
Average free cash flow, last 5 years
-$22.7M
Cash
$322.8M
balance sheet of July 12, 2026
Debt
$0
not reported, counted as 0
Diluted shares, fiscal 2025
118,278,000
Revenue growth per year, last 4 years
23.9%

Three sets of assumptions

CaseGrowth yrs 1-5Growth yrs 6-10After year 10Discount rateValue per shareValue vs price
Bear10.0%6.0%2.0%10.0%$7.17-86%
Base15.0%9.0%2.5%9.0%$10.03-81%
Bull20.0%11.5%3.0%8.0%$15.37-70%

Sensitivity: base case value per share

Discount rate down the side, growth after year 10 across the top. Everything else as in the base case.

1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%3.5%
7.0%$12.20$12.88$13.70$14.74$16.07
8.0%$10.57$11.01$11.53$12.15$12.91
9.0%$9.38$9.68$10.03$10.43$10.91
10.0%$8.49$8.70$8.94$9.22$9.54
11.0%$7.78$7.94$8.11$8.31$8.53

Where the presets come from

Base: years 1 to 5 grow at Cava Group, Inc.'s revenue growth rate over the last 4 fiscal years (23.9% a year), held between -5% and 15%. Years 6 to 10 grow halfway between that and the long-run rate of 2.5%. Future cash is discounted at 9% a year.

Bear: 5 points less growth, 2% long-run growth, 10% discount rate. Bull: 5 points more growth (at most 25%), 3% long-run growth, 8% discount rate.

Value per share = (present value of 10 years of free cash flow + present value of everything after + cash - debt) / diluted shares.

This is a model run on assumptions, not a recommendation or a price target. Small changes in the discount rate or growth move the result a lot, as the table above shows. Change them yourself in the calculator.

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