CAVA short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Cava Group Inc shares valued at $221,961 were sold by Bertram Kenneth Robert on Sep 29 ’25. At $58.86 per share, Bertram Kenneth Robert sold 3,771 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 54,931 shares worth approximately $3.57 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Kenneth Robert Bertram purchased 3,771 shares, netting a total of over 236,102 in proceeds.

Before that, Costanza Kelly had sold 2,799 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $210,360, the Chief People Officer traded Cava Group Inc shares for $75.16 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,799 shares, worth approximately $7.97 million.

As published in their initiating research note from RBC Capital Mkts on October 09, 2025, Cava Group Inc [CAVA] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $80. Analysts at Melius started covering the stock with ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of July 02, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for CAVA. Earlier on April 23, 2025, Bernstein upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for CAVA stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.

Analyzing CAVA Stock Performance

On last trading session, Cava Group Inc [NYSE: CAVA] rose 2.96% to $65.03. The stock’s lowest price that day was $63.87, but it reached a high of $66.84 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.83%. Over the course of the year, Cava Group Inc shares have dropped approximately -48.39%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $144.49 on 02/07/25 and a 52-week low of $58.33 on 09/30/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Cava Group Inc (CAVA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 63.65, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 62.27. In the upper region, resistance lies at 66.63. The next price resistance is at 68.23. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 50.97 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Cava Group Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Cava Group Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 0.89 million shares to 12.04 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 11.16 million shares. A jump of 7.35% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.25 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.25.

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In terms of Cava Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 85 in the next 12 months, up nearly 34.58% from the previous closing price of $63.16. Analysts anticipate Cava Group Inc stock to reach 196 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 74. In spite of this, 15 analysts ranked Cava Group Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 31, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $112.

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