Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Sweetgreen, Inc. SG
$9.09 -0.11% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.08B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $681.8M, down 0.6% from a year earlier.
- Operating margin narrowed to -18.7% from -15.7% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Gross marginBottom 4%
- Operating marginBottom 5%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
- Interest coverBottom 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 32%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 31%
- 6-month returnTop 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 29%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 21%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.5% | -0.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 9.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -15.7% | -18.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -12.0% | -17.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.6% | -1.5% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 9.0% | 18.6% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Operating margin | -18.7% | -15.7% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | -14.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -17.1% | -12.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -13.8% | — | Bottom 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 13.1% | — | Top 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -2.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -14.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1224.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.05%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.05%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -43.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.80
- Target vs current price
- -14.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -69.7% | -3.8% | -4.6% | +10.3% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -17.4% | +0.0% | -4.2% | +7.3% | -13.8% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -35.5% | +4.8% | -5.6% | -10.4% | +53.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -50.0% | -3.4% | -17.0% | +6.6% | -5.9% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -66.7% | +2.8% | -22.0% | -29.1% | -49.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.6% | -12.7% | -22.3% | -30.6% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -19.0% | +3.3% | -4.2% | +14.6% | -42.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -12.5% | +1.3% | -14.4% | -3.8% | -20.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.22 | -$0.13 | -69.7% | $192.7M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.27 | -$0.23 | -17.4% | $161.5M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.42 | -$0.31 | -35.5% | $155.2M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.27 | -$0.18 | -50.0% | $172.4M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.20 | -$0.12 | -66.7% | $185.6M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.21 | +0.0% | $166.3M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.25 | -$0.21 | -19.0% | $160.9M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.18 | -$0.16 | -12.5% | $173.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 90.9× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.3× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| EV / Sales | 1.90× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -10.76% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
| Earnings yield | 1.10% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 18
- Days above the 200-day average
- 13
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +32.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +31.6%
- RSI (14)
- 73.9
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 79.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 62th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.66
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -89.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2021 | Mar 27, 2026 | -91.1% | 1090 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.08B
- P/E (TTM)
- 90.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.10
- Revenue (TTM)
- $681.8M
- 52-week range
- $4.49 – $10.63
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $339.9M | $470.1M | $584.0M | $676.8M | $679.5M |
| Gross profit | $40.4M | $69.3M | $101.9M | $132.9M | $103.5M |
| Operating income | -$134.4M | -$193.3M | -$122.3M | -$95.7M | -$111.4M |
| Net income | -$153.2M | -$190.4M | -$113.4M | -$90.4M | -$134.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.40 | -$1.73 | -$1.01 | -$0.79 | -$1.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $173.4M | $160.9M | $166.3M | $185.6M | $172.4M | $155.2M | $161.5M | $192.7M |
| Net income | -$20.8M | -$29.0M | -$25.0M | -$23.2M | -$36.1M | -$49.7M | $125.8M | -$26.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.18 | -$0.25 | -$0.21 | -$0.20 | -$0.31 | -$0.42 | $1.05 | -$0.22 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$64.5M | -$43.2M | $26.5M | $43.4M | -$12.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$92.8M | -$102.3M | -$95.8M | -$92.2M | -$106.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$157.3M | -$145.4M | -$69.3M | -$48.8M | -$119.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $386.5M | $0 | -$166,000 | -$2,000 | $3.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $142.6M
- Total assets
- $895.7M
- Total liabilities
- $428.0M
- Total debt
- $355.4M
- Net debt
- $212.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $467.6M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 25,371,158
- Days to cover
- 4.99
- Change vs previous report
- +4.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.