Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) is a publicly traded food distribution business based in the US. In the week up to 23 May Calavo Growers shares surged 8.36% to a closing position of $33.2. Over the last 12 months, Calavo Growers's share price has risen by an impressive 84.87% from $33.32. Calavo Growers is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 3,266 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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Calavo Growers is a major part of the NASDAQ index, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Calavo Growers's shares have ranged in value from as little as $22.5489 up to $44.9484. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Calavo Growers's is 0.6977. This would suggest that Calavo Growers's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $61.6
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Is Calavo Growers under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Calavo Growers P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Calavo Growers's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.66. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Calavo Growers's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Calavo Growers's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $25.6 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Calavo Growers's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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Forward annual dividend yield: 1.18% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 88.07% of net profits
Calavo Growers has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.18% of its share value annually.
Calavo Growers has paid out, on average, around 88.07% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.18% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.18% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Calavo Growers's case, that would currently equate to about $0.575 per share.
Calavo Growers's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Calavo Growers's most recent dividend payout was on 6 April 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 23 March 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Currently 3.434% of Calavo Growers shares are held by insiders and 82.999% by institutions.
Latest data suggests 3,266 work at Calavo Growers.
Calavo Growers's fiscal year ends in October.
Calavo Growers's address is: 1141-A Cummings Road, Santa Paula, CA, United States, 93060
Calavo Growers's international securities identification number is: US1282461052
Calavo Growers's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 128246105
It's as easy to sell Calavo Growers as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Calavo Growers that you already own.
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Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
Sell your Calavo Growers shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
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The easiest way to get hold of some Calavo Growers shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Calavo Growers shares.
If you're investing in a US stock, you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form to minimise your tax liability. Whether these are automatically handled for you depends on your broker, so it would be a good idea to check with them directly.
Financials
Revenue TTM
$1.1 billion
Operating margin TTM
0.8%
Gross profit TTM
$73.8 million
Return on assets TTM
1.33%
Return on equity TTM
-2.38%
Profit margin
-0.46%
Book value
$12.145
Market capitalisation
$587.1 million
TTM: trailing 12 months
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