Cava Stock Gains on Addition to S&P MidCap 400

Key Takeaways

Cava Group (

CAVA

) shares climbed Thursday following an announcement that the restaurant chain will join the
S&P MidCap 400
next week.

Cava will replace Altair Engineering, which is being removed from the index after its
acquisition
by German tech company Siemens closed on Wednesday. Cava will become part of the index ahead of markets opening on Monday.

Last week, Cava shares also got a boost as JPMorgan analysts
encouraged investors
to buy after the stock’s recent slide, and outlined a path for the chain to grow to “well beyond” its planned 1,000 stores.

Joining a Major Index Can Lift Demand for a Stock

Being added to an index
often boosts
a company’s stock, as the addition can introduce a stock to new investors or lead to its inclusion in funds that track a
particular index
.

S&P Global also said Wednesday that internet company Angi (

ANGI

) will be added to its
S&P SmallCap 600
next week, once its spinoff from IAC (

IAC

) is completed, replacing ODP Corp. (

ODP

). IAC also owns Dotdash Meredith, the parent company of

Investopedia.

Shares of Cava surged as much as 6% in Thursday afternoon trading before paring back most gains, while shares of Angi added close to 4%. ODP shares lost 2.6%.

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