CAVA
CAVA Group, Inc. · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
$54.54
+5.72% today · +0.42% 1W
Oct 15 close or latest
ReadoutWhy it's moving
Analyst target raises behind the outperformance
- CAVA +5.72% on the last session vs SPY +0.02%: +5.7 pts of stock-specific move.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (1 positive, 0 negative); latest: Melius Research upgraded to Buy, target $95.00.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Meta Analyst score Buy 6.7/10 (+0.77 raw)
Every firm's latest rating in the past year, each weighted by its age (a 3-month-old call counts half as much as today's), blended with the consensus of 28 analysts (+0.75, counted like 1.5 fresh ratings). 25 firms, 12 with a call in the past 3 months; net +1 upgrade in the past 30 days.
| Firm | Latest rating | Date | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melius Research | Buy upgrade | Oct 8, 2026 | 7% |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Sep 18, 2026 | 6% |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Sep 17, 2026 | 6% |
| Seaport Global | Buy | Sep 16, 2026 | 6% |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Aug 13, 2026 | 4% |
| DA Davidson | Neutral | Aug 13, 2026 | 4% |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Aug 12, 2026 | 4% |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Aug 12, 2026 | 4% |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Aug 12, 2026 | 4% |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Aug 12, 2026 | 4% |
| Roth Capital | Buy | Aug 12, 2026 | 4% |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Jul 28, 2026 | 4% |
Buy is what the ratings average to, +0.77 on a scale from −2 (strong sell) to +2 (strong buy). 6.7/10 means better than 67% of S&P 500 stocks (503 scored, Oct 11, 2026): analysts rarely say sell, so most stocks land between +0.4 and +0.8, and the 0–10 shows where this one sits among them.
Mean target
$83.67
+53.4% upside
Median target
$85.00
+55.8% upside
Target range
18.00–110.00
low to high
Analysts
28
as of Oct 15
Price vs. targets
Low $18
Mean $84
High $110
Now $54.54
Consensus
Strong buy 3Buy 16Hold 8Sell 1Strong sell 0
Rating and target changes
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Melius Research | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | $95.00 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | JP Morgan | Lowered target | Overweight | $85.00 → $80.00 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | RBC Capital | Lowered target | Outperform | $95.00 → $85.00 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Seaport Global | Initiated | Buy | $58.00 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Guggenheim | Lowered target | Buy | $100.00 → $95.00 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | DA Davidson | Lowered target | Neutral | $84.00 → $75.00 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | TD Cowen | Lowered target | Buy | $100.00 → $85.00 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | RBC Capital | Raised target | Outperform | $90.00 → $95.00 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Keybanc | Lowered target | Overweight | $110.00 → $95.00 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Mizuho | Lowered target | Neutral | $85.00 → $70.00 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Wolfe Research | Raised target | Outperform | $79.00 → $82.00 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Roth Capital | Lowered target | Buy | $106.00 → $95.00 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | RBC Capital | Lowered target | Outperform | $105.00 → $90.00 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Citigroup | Lowered target | Neutral | $92.00 → $79.00 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | $86.00 → $90.00 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Freedom Capital Markets | Initiated | Hold | $95.00 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | UBS | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | $85.00 → $90.00 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | TD Cowen | Reiterated | Buy | $100.00 |
| May 22, 2026 | Argus Research | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | — |
| May 21, 2026 | DA Davidson | Raised target | Neutral | $80.00 → $84.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | TD Cowen | Reiterated | Buy | $100.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Stifel | Raised target | Buy | $90.00 → $105.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Baird | Raised target | Outperform | $88.00 → $98.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Raised target | Equal-Weight | $85.00 → $86.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Barclays | Raised target | Equal-Weight | $70.00 → $74.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | RBC Capital | Raised target | Outperform | $100.00 → $105.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Telsey Advisory Group | Raised target | Outperform | $92.00 → $95.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Raised target | Overweight | $85.00 → $92.00 |
| May 20, 2026 | Roth Capital | Reiterated | Buy | $106.00 |
| May 14, 2026 | Telsey Advisory Group | Raised target | Outperform | $88.00 → $92.00 |
| May 12, 2026 | UBS | Raised target | Neutral | $75.00 → $85.00 |
| May 4, 2026 | Citigroup | Raised target | Neutral | $75.00 → $92.00 |
| May 1, 2026 | RBC Capital | Raised target | Outperform | $90.00 → $100.00 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | JP Morgan | Raised target | Overweight | $80.00 → $90.00 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Raised target | Equal-Weight | $83.00 → $85.00 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Keybanc | Raised target | Overweight | $95.00 → $105.00 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Benchmark | Raised target | Buy | $80.00 → $110.00 |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Goldman Sachs | Raised target | Neutral | $75.00 → $86.00 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Mizuho | Raised target | Neutral | $72.00 → $80.00 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | TD Cowen | Raised target | Buy | $90.00 → $100.00 |
Source: Yahoo Finance analyst data, collected daily.