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Calavo Growers Inc

CVGW

27.820USD

+0.200+0.72%
Close 09/18, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
496.67MMarket Cap
31.36P/E TTM

Calavo Growers Inc

27.820

+0.200+0.72%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
1 / 102
Overall Ranking
22 / 4723
Industry
Food & Tobacco

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 3 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
35.000
Target Price
+28.53%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Calavo Growers, Inc. is a provider of value-added fresh food in the avocado industry. The Company is engaged in marketing and distributing avocados and prepared avocados to retail grocery, foodservice, club stores, mass merchandisers, food distributors and wholesalers on a worldwide basis. It procures avocados from California, Mexico and other growing regions around the world. Through its various operating facilities, it sorts, packs, and/or ripens avocados, tomatoes and/or Hawaiian grown papayas, and processes and packages guacamole. It operates in two business segments: Grown and Prepared. Its Grown segment consists of fresh avocados, tomatoes and papayas. Its Prepared segment comprises all its guacamole products sold at retail and food service as well as avocado pulp sold to foodservice. Its products are sold under the Calavo family of branded labels, as well as private labels. It distributes its products both domestically and internationally.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 131.27%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 47.42, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 13.76M shares, decreasing 16.11% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by The Vanguard
Star Investor The Vanguard holds 1.25M shares of this stock.
Lower Market Activity
The company has less investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of -0.22.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 9.07, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 7.03. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 178.82M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.43%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 743.99%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.73
Change
0.34

Financials

10.00

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

9.65

Operational Efficiency

8.13

Growth Potential

9.06

Shareholder Returns

8.51

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 7.24, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 5.38. Its current P/E ratio is 47.42, which is -194.21% below the recent high of -44.67 and 319.91% above the recent low of -104.27.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.27
Change
-0.03

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 1/102
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.00, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 7.40. The average price target for Calavo Growers Inc is 37.00, with a high of 40.00 and a low of 28.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 3 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
35.000
Target Price
+26.72%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

57
Total
7
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Calavo Growers Inc
CVGW
3
Mondelez International Inc
MDLZ
28
Hershey Co
HSY
24
Kraft Heinz Co
KHC
23
General Mills Inc
GIS
22
Campbell's Co
CPB
22
1
2
3
...
12

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.73, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 6.63. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 29.09 and the support level at 25.78, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.26
Change
1.47

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(2)
Buy(4)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.037
Buy
RSI(14)
56.996
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
67.477
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.745
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
168.976
Buy
Williams %R
27.190
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
0.032
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
27.498
Buy
MA10
27.402
Buy
MA20
27.403
Buy
MA50
27.072
Buy
MA100
26.884
Buy
MA200
25.610
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 6.83. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 77.15%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 4.86%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 1.25M shares, representing 7.00% of shares outstanding, with 9.07% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
1.16M
+1.18%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
1.20M
+0.01%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
670.88K
-3.98%
Nuance Investments, LLC
653.63K
-63.08%
Cole (Lecil E)
615.00K
+19.42%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
479.92K
+21.86%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
400.95K
-8.54%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.
256.48K
-4.38%
Gabelli Funds, LLC
267.70K
+19.88%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.54, which is higher than the Food & Tobacco industry's average of 4.35. The company's beta value is 0.41. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.54
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.41
VaR
+3.54%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+26.32%
240-Day Volatility
+42.20%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+3.43%
120 days
+17.39%
5 years
+17.39%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-2.84%
120 days
-16.26%
5 years
-23.85%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.01
120 days
+1.03
5 years
-0.19
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+26.32%
3 years
+46.42%
5 years
+75.88%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.15
3 years
-0.14
5 years
-0.16
Skewness
240 days
+0.45
3 years
-0.24
5 years
-0.38
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+42.20%
5 years
+45.21%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+3.04%
5 years
+4.70%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+132.73%
240 days
+132.73%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+16.81%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+20.46%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.72%
120 days
+1.50%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-22.33%
60 days
+47.02%
120 days
+27.99%

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