Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant chain CAVA (NYSE: CAVA) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
CAVA beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $275 million, up 20.9% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ same-store sales estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting CAVA’s revenue to grow 26.1% year on year, slowing from the 28.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. CAVA rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at CAVA’s peers in the modern fast food segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Chipotle delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.5%, and Portillo's reported revenues up 3.5%, in line with consensus estimates. Chipotle traded up 3% following the results while Portillo's was down 21.5%.
Read our full analysis of Chipotle’s results here and Portillo’s results here.
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