Consumer Staples / Food DistributionUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

491M

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E18.8

P25 11.3P50 15.2P75 20.1

Trailing P/E30.5

P25 12.9P50 17.8P75 28.8

ROE8

P25 -17.2P50 6.8P75 17.2

ROIC8.8

P25 -6.6P50 6.3P75 13.6

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All CVGW market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Showing 258 of 258 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001133470
Company name	Calavo Growers, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	128246105
Employees	1,969
Employees Change	-137%
Employees Change Percent	-6.51
Enterprise value	$465.7M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Food Distribution
Isin	US1282461052
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$491M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$27.47
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	312,976.64x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	0700
Symbol	CVGW
Website	https://www.calavo.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.28%
EV Earnings	28.9x
EV Sales Forward	0.88x
EV/EBIT	24.36x
EV/EBITDA	17.63x
EV/FCF	31.78x
EV/Sales	0.76x
FCF yield	2.98%
Forward P/E	18.75x
P/B ratio	2.39x
P/E ratio	30.52x
P/S ratio	0.8x
PS Forward	0.93x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	3.1%
EBITDA Margin	4.29%
FCF margin	2.38%
Gross margin	10.24%
Gross Profit	$63.1M
Gross Profit Growth	-13.26%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-3.46%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-5.04%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-7.24%
Net Income	$16.1M
Net Income Growth	67.74%
Net Income Growth Q	-83.42%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Pretax Margin	3.28%
Profit Margin	2.61%
Profit Per Employee	$8,183
Profitable Years	1
ROA	4
Roa5y	2.4
ROCE	8.34
ROE	7.97
Roe5y	1.48
ROIC	8.76
Roic5y	4.38

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-5.18%
Cagr15y	4.46%
Cagr1y	9.72%
Cagr20y	6.77%
Cagr3y	-1.57%
Cagr5y	-17.05%
Div CAGR10	2.26%
Div CAGR3	37.16%
Div CAGR5	-2.76%
EPS Growth	66.87
EPS Growth Q	-83.84
EPS Growth Years	2
FCF Growth	-17.64%
FCF Growth3 Y	-20.4%
FCF Growth5 Y	-16.35%
OCF Growth	-13.16%
OCF Growth10 Y	-9.69%
OCF Growth3 Y	-25.56%
OCF Growth5 Y	-18.64%
Revenue Growth	-10.47x
Revenue Growth Q	-20.85x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-16.27x
Revenue Growth5 Y	-9.35x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$2.06
Assets	$298.2M
Cash	$47.7M
Current Assets	$152.6M
Current Liabilities	$69.1M
Debt	$22.4M
Debt EBITDA	$0.73
Debt Equity	$0.11
Debt FCF	$1.53
Equity	$207.3M
Interest Coverage	25.73
Liabilities	$90.8M
Long Term Assets	$145.6M
Long Term Liabilities	$21.8M
Net Cash	$25.3M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$5.15
Net Cash Growth	6.65%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0.96
Net Debt Equity	$-0.12
Net Debt FCF	$-1.72
Tangible Book Value	$195.4M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$10.93
WACC	6.45

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.21
Inventory Turnover	14.25
Net Working Capital	$40.4M
Quick ratio	1.31
Working Capital	$83.6M
Working Capital Turnover	$7.21

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.04%
Dividend Growth	42.86%
Dividend Growth Years	3%
Dividend per share	$0.8
Dividend Years	25
Dividend Yield	2.91%
Ex Div Date	2026-04-24
Last Dividend	$0.2
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	111.11%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-41.23%
1Y total return	9.71%
200-day SMA	24.96
3Y total return	-4.64%
50-day SMA	26.61
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-60.73%
All Time High	108
All Time High Change	-74.56%
All Time High Date	2018-09-10
All Time Low	6
All Time Low Change	357.83%
All Time Low Date	2002-03-18
ATR	0.59
Beta	0.43
Beta1y	0.62
Beta2y	0.69
Ch YTD	26.3
High	27.82
High52	28.98
High52 Date	2026-04-28
High52ch	-5.21%
Low	27.47
Low52	18.4
Low52 Date	2025-11-24
Low52ch	49.29%
Ma50ch	3.23%
Price vs 200-day SMA	10.07%
RSI	50.47
RSI Monthly	51.16
RSI Weekly	58.88
Sharpe ratio	0.33x
Sortino ratio	0.66
Total Return	2.87%
Tr YTD	29.37
Tr15y	92.37%
Tr1m	-0.19%
Tr1w	-2.28%
Tr3m	9.65%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	2
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.35
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-12.5
Earnings Revenue Estimate	134,100,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-29.62x
Operating Income	$19.1M
Operating Income Growth	-26.06
Operating Income Growth Q	-9.77
Operating Income Growth3 Y	14.42
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-12.47
Operating margin	3.1
Price target	$33.5
Price Target Change	$21.95

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	16,645,384%
Float Percent	93.13%
Net Borrowing	-958,000
Shares Insiders	6.87%
Shares Institutions	66.37%
Shares Out	17,874,079
Shares Qo Q	-0.05%
Shares Yo Y	0.04%
Short Float	7.23%
Short Ratio	4.53
Short Shares	6.73

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$12M
Average Volume	373,465.25x
Bv Per Share	11.51
CAPEX	$-2.7M
Ch10y	-51.3
Ch15y	43.75
Ch1m	-0.9
Ch1w	-2.28
Ch1y	5.49
Ch20y	139.3
Ch3m	8.02
Ch3y	-12.12
Ch5y	-65.23
Ch6m	26.01
Change	-0.83%
Change From Open	-0.97
Close	27.7
Days Gap	0.14
Depreciation Amortization	7,295,000
Dollar Volume	9,512,503.9
Earnings Date	2026-06-08
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$19.1M
EBITDA	$26.4M
EPS	$0.9
F Score	5
FCF	$14.7M
FCF EV Yield	3.15x
FCF Per Share	$0.82
Financing CF	-15,474,000
Fiscal Year End	October
Founded	1,924
Goodwill	10,211,000
Graham Number	15.26417
Graham Upside	-44.43
Income Tax	$3.9M
Investing CF	-2,657,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-12
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-01-14
Ma150	24.27
Ma150ch	13.18%
Ma20	27.71
Ma20ch	-0.87%
Net CF	-820,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-06-08
Open	27.74
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	33.51
P OCF Ratio	28.36
Payment Date	2026-04-29
Position In Range	0
Ppne	64,042,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$18.59
Ptbv Ratio	2.51
Relative Volume	0.93x
Revenue	616,251,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.43x
Share Based Comp	2,658,000
Tax By Revenue	0.63x
Tax Rate	19.13%
Tr20y	270.32%
Tr6m	29.07%
Us State	California
Volume	346,287
Z Score	5.64

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Income

CVGW dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.9%

$0.80 annual per share

Payout ratio

+111.1%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

-2.8%

3 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+2.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-04-24

Performance

CVGW stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CVGW?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+66.4%

Float: +93.1% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+6.9%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CVGW momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

50.5

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+10.1%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.43

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.33

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CVGW vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	447.6B	52.5x	1.6x	37.8%	+9.9%	+0.7%	売り
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	337.4B	24.7x	6.8x	19.6%	+8.1%	+11.5%	強い買い
MO	Altria Group Inc.	113.8B	14.2x	5.6x	66.4%	-0.3%	+19.7%	ホールド

Questions

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