What is William Blair’s Estimate for Sweetgreen Q1 Earnings?

Sweetgreen, Inc. (NYSE:SG) – Research analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Sweetgreen in a report released on Monday, January 20th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.17) 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 Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.11) EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.14) EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $45.00 price objective on shares of Sweetgreen in a report on Monday, November 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $40.00 target price on shares of Sweetgreen in a report on Friday, November 8th. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on shares of Sweetgreen from $45.00 to $41.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. KeyCorp assumed coverage on shares of Sweetgreen in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. They set a “sector weight” rating on the stock. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on Sweetgreen from $37.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Four investment 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, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $41.20.

Sweetgreen Trading Down 8.9 %

SG stock opened at $30.53 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $35.77 and a 200-day moving average of $33.88. Sweetgreen has a fifty-two week low of $10.09 and a fifty-two week high of $45.12.

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

Insider Transactions at Sweetgreen

In other Sweetgreen news, insider Nathaniel Ru sold 1,263 shares of Sweetgreen stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.01, for a total value of $50,532.63. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 1,952,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $78,104,681.29. The trade was a 0.06 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Jonathan Neman sold 1,010 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.01, for a total value of $40,410.10. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,930,228 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $77,228,422.28. The trade was a 0.05 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 648,838 shares of company stock worth $25,065,773. Company insiders own 21.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SG. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA purchased a new stake in Sweetgreen in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $591,000. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC bought a new position in Sweetgreen in the 3rd quarter worth $1,973,000. Verition Fund Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Sweetgreen by 189.6% during the 3rd quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 173,501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,151,000 after purchasing an additional 113,586 shares in the last quarter. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC purchased a new position in shares of Sweetgreen during the third quarter valued at about $3,329,000. Finally, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC raised its stake in Sweetgreen by 139.9% in the third 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 in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.75% of the company’s stock.

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.