Profitability
Weight: 25%
D+
43
- 5yr Avg ROIC 1.7%
- Operating Margin Trend +4.96 pp/yr
CAVA
CAVA Group, Inc.
AlphaQuality composite grade, weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses.
⚠ 2 of the last 5 fiscal years showed negative net income — AlphaQuality will not grade above F for persistent unprofitability in a platform & compounding fcf business.
Grade overrides the 30.0 pillar composite — hard gates always win.
Capital Efficiency
Weight: 15%
F
16
- 5yr Avg ROE 2.8%
- 5yr Share-Count CAGR 256.3%
Growth Quality
Weight: 25%
A+
96
- 5yr Revenue CAGR 23.9%
- 5yr EPS CAGR 60.4%
- Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5
Cash Generation
Weight: 20%
F
0
- 5yr FCF Margin -5.2%
- 5yr FCF/NI Conversion -0.77x
Balance Sheet
Weight: 10%
A+
96
- Net Debt / EBITDA 0.51x
- Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 30.00x
- Altman Z-Score 10.29
Stability
Weight: 5%
C-
50
- EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.73
- Piotroski F-Score 6
- Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5
Guru Flow
Curated superinvestor sentiment — not part of the AlphaQuality grade.4 of 4 gurus held; 3 added; 1 trimmed.
- Holders
- 4
- Avg Δ position
- +58.8%
- New buys
- 0
- Full exits
- 0
- Greenblatt increased +156%
- Cooperman increased +75%
- Wood increased +13%