Calavo Growers (CVGW) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Calavo Growers in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CVGW shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Calavo Growers' stock. Their CVGW share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $40.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 58.5% from the stock's current price.
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Calavo Growers' stock was trading at $29.40 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CVGW shares have decreased by 14.2% and is now trading at $25.23.
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Calavo Growers saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 607,400 shares, a decrease of 10.7% from the August 31st total of 679,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 163,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 19th 2023.
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Calavo Growers, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGW) released its earnings results on Wednesday, September, 6th. The company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.10. The firm earned $259.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $280.77 million. Calavo Growers had a negative net margin of 0.39% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.85%. The company's revenue was down 24.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.16 EPS.

Calavo Growers announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 27th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, October 11th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 26th.
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Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.59%.
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7 employees have rated Calavo Growers Chief Executive Officer Lee Cole on Glassdoor.com. Lee Cole has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Lee Cole in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Calavo Growers trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CVGW."

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One share of CVGW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.23.

Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) has a market capitalization of $448.08 million and generates $1.19 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-6,250,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.22) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,266 workers across the globe.

Calavo Growers' mailing address is 1141-A Cummings Road, SANTA PAULA CA, 93060. The official website for the company is www.calavo.com. The company can be reached via phone at (805) 525-1245, via email at calavo@finprofiles.com, or via fax at 805-921-3219.