Sweetgreen, Inc. (SG)
Consumer Cyclical
- Fundamental
- 2
- Sentiment
- 3
- Technical
- 1
Do Nothing: fundamentalScore is 2 (below required floor of 3); strategy requires fundamentalScore ≥ 3 before any bullish entry.
Company overview
Sweetgreen, Inc. operates a chain of fast-casual restaurants offering nutritious meals made with fresh, seasonal, and organic ingredients. Customers can order in-restaurant or digitally via the company's website and mobile app. As of late 2021, Sweetgreen had 140 locations across 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Fundamental
weakSweetgreen's fundamentals are challenged by flat revenue growth, operating losses, and high financial risk.
Sweetgreen has strong long-term revenue growth (≈18.89% 2021–2025 CAGR) but momentum weakened (FY2025 +0.39%, Q1’26 −2.9% YoY) with continued operating losses. Liquidity improved after a one-time Spyce sale (cash $156.8M at 2026-03-29; no outstanding debt disclosed), yet free cash flow remains deeply negative (FY2025 FCF yield ≈ −14.15%) and Altman Z-Score ~0.93 flags elevated financial risk. Valuation is modest on EV/Sales (~1.54x) but not compelling enough to offset the cash-burn uncertainty → fundamentalScore 2.
Sentiment
fairSentiment is event-driven with mixed media tone and sparse retail interest ahead of earnings.
Near-term narrative is event-driven into Sweetgreen’s Q2 2026 earnings on 2026-08-06 (company-announced), while media tone over the last ~14 days is mixed to slightly bearish around execution/valuation and recent stock weakness. The 30–90d baseline sample is sparse (delta indeterminate) and no regulator-confirmed investigations surfaced, though there is a pending 2024 NY employment/harassment suit as background overhang.
Technical
very weakThe stock is in a strong downtrend with no confirmed bullish reversal setup.
Near-term structure is broken: SG closed below its SMA20, SMA50, EMA9, EMA21, WMA9, WMA21, DEMA14, TEMA14, and daily VWAP on heavy downside volume. MACD is below zero and below signal while ADX14 at 33.70 confirms a strong active trend; RSI14 at 37.96 and Williams %R at -98.36 show oversold conditions, but not a confirmed bullish reversal.
You’re looking at 2026-07-14 — about 2 trading days ago.
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