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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

CAVA GROUP, INC.

CAVA · NYSE · CIK 0001639438 · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

6 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

34 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
13 sales · 15 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-09-15 · KADOW JOSEPH JOHN · $50.0K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityPresent
Recent buying6 qualifying line group(s)
Recent salesModerate
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Phillips Adam DavidChief Accounting Officer
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Costanza KellyChief People Officer
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Xenohristos TheodorosChief Concept Officer
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KADOW JOSEPH JOHNCLO & Secretary
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Thompson Douglas W.Chief Operations Officer
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KOCHEVAR KARENDirector
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 10 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS2
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION83%Largest buyer: Thompson Douglas W. · $944.9K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D2 insidersPeak activity: 2026-05-26–2026-06-03

Roles in the peak window: CLO & Secretary, Chief Operations Officer. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-09-15 · KADOW JOSEPH JOHN.

Recent Form 4 activity

7Purchases
34Sales
25Other Form 4 lines
46SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING6 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING13 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER15 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
15,845,433
Previous report
14,689,351
Avg daily volume
3,961,984
Days to cover
4.0

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-15KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 49.96USD 49,960SEC filing ↗
2026-08-31Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,500USD 66.52USD 432,380SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 70.00USD 70,000SEC filing ↗
2026-05-29Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock2,500USD 77.90USD 194,750SEC filing ↗
2026-05-29KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 79.00USD 79,000SEC filing ↗
2026-05-26Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock4,000USD 79.45USD 317,800SEC filing ↗
2025-11-12Schulman BrettPurchase (P)Common Stock150USD 48.98USD 7,347SEC filing ↗
2023-11-17Amouyal PhilippePurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 33.18USD 331,800SEC filing ↗
2023-06-20Xenohristos TheodorosPurchase (P)Common Stock4,500USD 22.00USD 99,000SEC filing ↗
2023-06-20Tolivar Tricia K.Purchase (P)Common Stock2,500USD 22.00USD 55,000SEC filing ↗
2023-06-20Somers JenniferPurchase (P)Common Stock300USD 22.00USD 6,600SEC filing ↗
2023-06-20Bertram Kenneth RobertPurchase (P)Common Stock2,295USD 22.00USD 50,490SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

66 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 337 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-15KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 49.96USD 49,960SEC filing ↗
2026-09-09Xenohristos TheodorosGift (G)Common Stock16,500USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-31Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,500USD 66.52USD 432,380SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-15KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 49.96USD 49,960SEC filing ↗
2026-09-09Xenohristos TheodorosGift (G)Common Stock16,500USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-31Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,500USD 66.52USD 432,380SEC filing ↗
2026-08-13Thomas Amiee LynnAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,821USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-22WHITE JAMES DAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,881USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-22Shanahan Lauri MAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,881USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-22SHAICH RONALD MAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,881USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-22Felt BenjaminAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,881USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-22Bosserman DavidAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,881USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-22Amouyal PhilippeAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,881USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-18KOCHEVAR KARENSale (S)Common Stock10,000USD 90.00USD 900,000SEC filing ↗
2026-06-18KOCHEVAR KARENOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock10,000USD 6.71USD 67,050SEC filing ↗
2026-06-17Costanza KellySale (S)Common Stock12,490USD 90.00USD 1,124,100SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Xenohristos TheodorosSale (S)Common Stock3,252USD 89.43USD 290,826SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Tolivar Tricia K.Sale (S)Common Stock4,969USD 89.43USD 444,378SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Tolivar Tricia K.Award / grant (A)Common Stock283USD 44.13USD 12,489SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Schulman BrettSale (S)Common Stock33,174USD 89.43USD 2,966,751SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Phillips Adam DavidSale (S)Common Stock757USD 89.43USD 67,699SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Costanza KellySale (S)Common Stock2,870USD 89.43USD 256,664SEC filing ↗
2026-06-15Artal Group S.A.; Artal International Management S.A.; Artal International S.C.A.; Artal Participations S.a r.l.; Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend; Westend S.A.; Wittouck AmaurySale (S)Common Stock3,000,000USD 90.30USD 270,900,000SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12Phillips Adam DavidSale (S)Common Stock4,664USD 90.71USD 423,071SEC filing ↗
2026-06-12Phillips Adam DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,764USD 22.00USD 60,808SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 70.00USD 70,000SEC filing ↗
2026-05-29Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock2,500USD 77.90USD 194,750SEC filing ↗
2026-05-29KADOW JOSEPH JOHNPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 79.00USD 79,000SEC filing ↗
2026-05-26Thompson Douglas W.Purchase (P)Common Stock4,000USD 79.45USD 317,800SEC filing ↗
2026-05-21Phillips Adam DavidSale (S)Common Stock5,181USD 77.14USD 399,662SEC filing ↗
2026-05-21Phillips Adam DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock5,181USD 9.58USD 49,634SEC filing ↗
2026-05-21Costanza KellySale (S)Common Stock10,010USD 79.87USD 799,499SEC filing ↗
2026-05-11Xenohristos TheodorosSale (S)Common Stock9,044USD 79.75USD 721,259SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerCAVA
CIK0001639438
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryRestaurants Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC5812 Retail-Eating Places
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history337 transaction lines from 2023-01-01 to 2026-09-15
14 P purchase lines · 160 S sale lines · 163 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.