Q2 Earnings Estimate for Sweetgreen Issued By William Blair

Sweetgreen, Inc. (NYSE:SG - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at William Blair issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sweetgreen in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 20th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.09) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Sweetgreen's current full-year earnings is ($0.74) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Sweetgreen's FY2025 earnings at ($0.52) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.49) EPS.

Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported ($0.18) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.16) by ($0.02). Sweetgreen had a negative return on equity of 18.82% and a negative net margin of 13.27%. The business had revenue of $173.43 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $173.67 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.22) EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. KeyCorp began coverage on Sweetgreen in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. They set a "sector weight" rating on the stock. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on Sweetgreen from $45.00 to $41.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Citigroup upgraded Sweetgreen from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $44.00 to $49.00 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. TD Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $45.00 price objective on shares of Sweetgreen in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Sweetgreen in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sweetgreen has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $41.20.

Sweetgreen Price Performance

Shares of NYSE SG traded up $0.83 during trading on Thursday, reaching $29.96. 2,748,218 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,700,498. Sweetgreen has a 52-week low of $10.17 and a 52-week high of $45.12. The company has a 50-day moving average of $35.64 and a 200-day moving average of $33.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.47 billion, a P/E ratio of -38.41 and a beta of 2.38.

Insider Transactions at Sweetgreen

In related news, CTO Wouleta Ayele sold 4,347 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.05, for a total transaction of $148,015.35. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now directly owns 140,302 shares in the company, valued at $4,777,283.10. This represents a 3.01 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Nathaniel Ru sold 1,263 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.01, for a total value of $50,532.63. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1,952,129 shares of the company's stock, valued at $78,104,681.29. This represents a 0.06 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 648,838 shares of company stock worth $25,065,773. 21.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sweetgreen

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SG. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA bought a new stake in shares of Sweetgreen in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $591,000. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sweetgreen in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,973,000. Verition Fund Management LLC grew its position in shares of Sweetgreen by 189.6% in the 3rd quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 173,501 shares of the company's stock worth $6,151,000 after buying an additional 113,586 shares during the last quarter. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sweetgreen in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $3,329,000. Finally, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC grew its position in shares of Sweetgreen by 139.9% in the 3rd quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 939,335 shares of the company's stock worth $33,299,000 after buying an additional 547,816 shares during the last quarter. 95.75% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Sweetgreen Company Profile

Sweetgreen, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates fast food restaurants serving healthy foods at scale in the United States. The company also accepts orders through its online and mobile ordering platforms, as well as sells gift cards that do not have an expiration date and can be redeemed. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.