Q2 Earnings Estimate for Sweetgreen Issued By William Blair

Sweetgreen, Inc. (NYSE:SG) – William Blair issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Sweetgreen in a research note issued 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) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported ($0.18) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.16) by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $173.43 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.67 million. Sweetgreen had a negative return on equity of 18.82% and a negative net margin of 13.27%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.22) earnings per share.

SG has been the topic of several other reports. Citigroup raised Sweetgreen from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $49.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $45.00 target price on shares of Sweetgreen in a report on Monday, November 18th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Sweetgreen from $37.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Sweetgreen from $32.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Oppenheimer cut their target price on shares of Sweetgreen from $45.00 to $41.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $41.20.

Sweetgreen Price Performance

Shares of Sweetgreen stock opened at $29.96 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $3.47 billion, a PE ratio of -38.41 and a beta of 2.38. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $35.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.82. Sweetgreen has a 1 year low of $10.17 and a 1 year high of $45.12.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Mitch Reback sold 8,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.13, for a total transaction of $265,040.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 350,981 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,628,000.53. The trade was a 2.23 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Adrienne Gemperle sold 5,372 shares of Sweetgreen stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.05, for a total transaction of $182,916.60. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 107,313 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,654,007.65. This trade represents a 4.77 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 648,838 shares of company stock valued at $25,065,773. 21.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sweetgreen

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of SG. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC acquired a new position in Sweetgreen during the second quarter worth about $279,000. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in Sweetgreen by 795.0% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 101,585 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,062,000 after purchasing an additional 90,235 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Sweetgreen by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,763,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,151,000 after purchasing an additional 39,823 shares during the last quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado purchased a new stake in shares of Sweetgreen in the second quarter valued at approximately $285,000. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new stake in shares of Sweetgreen in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,019,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.75% of the company’s stock.

About Sweetgreen

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.