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Calavo Growers Inc CVGW R2K

Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution · United States
https://www.calavo.com
Company Profile ↓
$26.09
- 1Y
Mkt Cap$466.33M
P/E28.99
P/B2.27
Div. Yield0.03%
52W High$26.09
52W Low$26.09
Book Value$11.51
EPS (TTM)$0.90

Company Overview

Calavo Growers, Inc. engages in the sourcing, packing, and distribution of fresh avocados, tomatoes, and papayas, as well as the processing of guacamole and other avocado products for retail grocers, club and mass-merchandise stores, foodservice operators, and wholesalers worldwide. It operates through Fresh and Prepared segments. The company provides avocados, tomatoes, and papayas, along with guacamole and avocado pulp. It offers its products under the Calavo brand, as well as the Avo Fresco, Bueno, Calavo Gold, Celebrate the Taste, El Dorado, Taste of Paradise, The First Name in Avocados, The Family of Fresh, ProRipeVIP, and RIPE NOW! trademarks. Calavo Growers, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, California. As of May 28, 2026, Calavo Growers, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Mission Produce, Inc.

Why Investors Should Care

Consistent Profit Growth

Net profit has compounded at 138.9% per year over the last five years.

Conservative Balance Sheet

Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Oct 2025 Revenue of $648.43M (-2.0% YoY); net profit $19.80M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue -20.8%, earnings -83.8%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR -5.6%, profit CAGR 138.9%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:-5.55%
1 Year:-20.80%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:138.93%
1 Year:-83.80%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:-
6 Months:-
3 Months:-
1 Month:-

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Technical Snapshot
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 28.99 is above the sector median of 20.61 — pricier than peers.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Profit CAGR of 138.9% over 5 years.
  • Generates positive free cash flow.

CONS

  • Revenue declined at -5.6% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
28.99
Industry PE
20.61
Forward P/E
18.64
PEG Ratio
3.44
Book Value
$11.51
Price to Book
2.27
P/S
0.76
EV/EBITDA
16.76
Dividend Yield
0.03%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
-5.55%
Profit 5Y
138.93%
Revenue (YoY)
-20.80%
Earnings (YoY)
-83.80%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
11.07%
ROE
7.97%
ROA
4.00%
Profit Margin
2.61%
Op Margin
3.73%
Gross Margin
10.24%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$0.04
EPS (TTM)
$0.90

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.11
Quick Ratio
1.31
Current Ratio
2.21
Debt
$22.40M
Total Assets
$298.18M
Current Assets
$152.63M
Working Capital
$88.95M

Ownership

Promoter Holding
6.96%
Chg in Prom Hold
-
FII / Inst Holding
89.61%
Chg in FII Hold
-

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$466.33M
Total Revenue (TTM)
$616.25M
EBITDA
$26.41M
Free Cash Flow
$21.58M
Operating Cash Flow
$17.31M
Shares Outstanding
17.87M
Gross Margin
10.24%
Payout Ratio
88.89%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Defensive).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 CVGW Calavo Growers Inc R2K 26.09 28.99 $466.33M 0.03% 11.07% 7.97% -5.55% 138.93%
2 WMT Walmart Inc. SPX 112.53 39.62 $895.52B 0.89% 18.21% 24.13% 5.27% 23.30%
3 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation NDXSPX 916.54 46.24 $406.47B 0.63% 25.96% 29.15% 8.16% 11.45%
4 KO The Coca-Cola Company SPX 82.45 25.93 $354.74B 2.52% 16.47% 43.37% 2.86% 4.46%
5 PG The Procter & Gamble Company SPX 148.05 21.64 $344.75B 2.92% 22.93% 31.11% 0.36% 1.66%
6 PM Philip Morris International Inc. SPX 180.88 25.44 $281.91B 3.34% 34.03% -113.55% -1.69% 3.57%
7 PEP PepsiCo, Inc. NDXSPX 135.40 17.75 $184.96B 4.37% 15.41% 51.51% 4.93% 2.11%
8 MO Altria Group, Inc. SPX 70.52 14.72 $117.76B 6.04% 38.27% - 1.24% -1.89%
9 MNST Monster Beverage Corporation NDXSPX 97.57 47.14 $95.42B 0.00% 28.33% 26.65% 13.03% 14.82%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Jan 2014Apr 2014Jul 2014Oct 2014Jan 2015Apr 2015Jul 2015Jan 2016Apr 2016Jul 2016Jan 2017Apr 2017Jul 2017Jan 2018Apr 2018Jul 2018Jan 2019Apr 2019Jul 2019Jan 2020Apr 2020Jul 2020Jan 2021Apr 2021Jul 2021Jan 2022Apr 2022Jul 2022Jan 2023Apr 2023Jul 2023Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2025Apr 2025Jul 2025Oct 2025Jan 2026
Revenue -------------247.93M264.40M296.42M258.03M286.24M359.33M273.35M281.17M270.43M220.58M276.82M285.01M274.09M331.42M341.99M132.76M158.28M160.86M127.61M184.38M179.60M-154.38M190.55M178.82M124.68M122.20M
Cost of Revenue -----------------------------------138.66M172.46M160.62M113.03M107.02M
Gross Profit 13.64M18.89M20.18M18.52M17.80M22.98M24.28M21.00M26.81M32.64M21.92M36.25M24.85M26.31M31.97M33.07M30.84M36.84M35.77M15.81M22.07M30.84M17.84M22.60M7.87M13.23M21.74M18.51M13.09M15.67M22.00M10.76M20.54M20.09M-15.73M18.09M18.20M11.65M15.18M
Operating Expenses -----------------------------------10.68M10.46M9.54M13.37M16.63M
Operating Income -3.87M2.71M-12.81M-2.49M8.29M12.99M13.66M10.08M15.15M20.36M8.10M20.83M12.15M10.79M19.09M19.18M16.56M23.11M21.55M-436.00K7.62M17.46M3.72M8.97M-5.81M-2.99M4.41M1.55M-605.00K1.92M10.21M-3.09M7.32M9.36M-5.05M7.63M8.66M-1.72M-1.45M
EBITDA -----------------------------------6.98M11.82M9.00M5.34M3.70M
Interest Expense -----------------------------------213.00K204.00K199.00K211.00K129.00K
Pretax Income -----------------------------------4.83M9.76M6.95M3.30M1.82M
Tax Provision -----------------------------------1.25M2.54M1.81M-952.00K473.00K
Net Income -1.77M1.55M1.55M-1.24M5.30M8.47M8.64M6.35M9.69M12.74M5.25M12.95M8.81M7.14M14.12M12.35M4.49M16.34M10.60M-938.00K-3.28M-15.64M5.28M8.84M-12.98M-4.04M-191.00K1.30M-3.07M-4.00M6.63M-6.27M6.06M-732.00K-4.42M6.85M4.71M3.82M732.00K
Diluted EPS -0.110.090.09-0.080.310.490.500.370.560.730.300.740.500.410.800.700.260.930.60-0.05-0.19-0.890.300.50-0.74-0.23-0.010.07-0.17-0.230.37-0.350.34-0.04-0.250.380.260.210.04

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Revenue 344.76M398.35M522.53M551.12M691.45M782.51M856.82M935.68M1.08B1.09B1.20B1.06B-769.69M594.10M661.54M648.43M
Cost of Revenue -------------714.95M531.49M593.74M584.77M
Gross Profit 44.53M51.53M42.31M60.66M59.45M71.23M85.23M107.53M114.54M113.62M128.08M89.90M-54.74M62.61M67.80M63.66M
Operating Expenses -------------47.95M50.40M51.08M44.05M
Operating Income 21.74M28.36M18.33M25.38M-6.90M-16.46M43.67M61.09M57.89M56.53M71.05M32.16M-6.79M12.21M16.72M19.61M
EBITDA -------------15.10M31.73M23.15M33.14M
Interest Expense -------------1.63M2.37M2.89M827.00K
Pretax Income --------------3.12M12.08M9.65M24.83M
Tax Provision -------------3.17M6.15M2.33M4.65M
Net Income 13.61M17.76M11.07M15.80M-1.79M97.00K27.20M38.02M37.27M32.28M36.65M-13.62M--6.25M-8.34M-1.08M19.80M
Diluted EPS 0.941.220.751.05-0.120.011.572.182.131.842.08-0.78--0.35-0.47-0.061.11
R&D Expense ----1.50M800.00K-----700.00K300.00K100.00K100.00K100.00K-

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Oct 2008Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Jan 2013Apr 2013Jul 2013Oct 2013Jan 2014Apr 2014Jul 2014Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Total Assets --150.20M185.32M207.89M216.33M221.43M234.91M239.94M242.00M257.16M282.42M283.46M284.94M327.93M364.12M367.74M390.36M429.62M-385.75M386.85M301.12M292.25M
Current Assets --------------------125.67M133.37M158.58M149.43M
Cash & Equivalents 1.51M875.00K1.06M2.77M7.10M9.07M7.12M5.93M8.02M6.35M9.91M9.44M6.74M7.17M13.84M6.62M1.52M7.97M4.05M-2.06M2.09M57.03M61.16M
Inventory --------------------38.83M31.57M34.16M33.60M
Receivables --------------------59.02M33.90M41.91M31.65M
Total Liabilities --------------------162.38M176.62M99.34M83.69M
Current Liabilities --47.01M62.84M73.81M97.67M113.05M117.70M112.98M123.62M135.84M156.40M101.00M97.86M109.34M116.17M98.94M90.63M106.33M-101.95M81.75M73.20M60.48M
Long Term Debt ----18.45M---13.05M---7.89M2.79M-----37.70M1.20M38.44M--
Total Debt --------------------66.29M65.55M25.92M23.47M
Total Equity 65.52M69.49M88.26M89.63M102.72M101.25M94.38M101.25M119.09M111.60M115.62M122.54M179.41M185.98M215.07M244.12M264.96M285.87M256.00M-222.36M208.84M200.33M206.94M
Shares Outstanding --------------------17.73M17.76M17.80M17.86M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Operating Cash Flow 22.50M19.98M7.87M21.72M13.72M-37.28M61.97M62.14M48.43M72.10M28.88M-50.23M-14.47M24.42M21.54M
Investing Cash Flow -6.50M-9.50M-20.91M-7.16M-7.75M--21.05M-21.73M-53.67M-30.20M-31.85M-31.93M-8.68M-10.69M80.11M-2.15M
Financing Cash Flow -16.64M-10.29M14.75M-10.23M-5.05M--15.80M-33.57M-15.69M-23.33M-33.80M-865.00K--58.63M24.88M-50.35M-15.27M
Capital Expenditure -4.15M-4.77M-4.83M-7.75M-6.75M-11.61M-18.10M-21.86M-44.51M-15.00M-16.72M-11.34M--9.77M-10.69M-2.89M-2.15M
Free Cash Flow 18.36M15.21M3.04M13.97M6.97M-19.18M40.11M17.63M33.42M55.38M17.54M-40.46M-25.16M21.53M19.39M
Net Change in Cash -------------279.00K-282.00K54.18M4.12M
Share Buybacks ----4.79M------------

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Oct 2009Oct 2010Oct 2011Oct 2012Oct 2013Oct 2014Oct 2015Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Gross Margin % 12.9%12.9%8.1%11.0%8.6%9.1%9.9%11.5%10.6%10.4%10.7%8.5%-7.1%10.5%10.2%9.8%
Operating Margin % 6.3%7.1%3.5%4.6%-1.0%-2.1%5.1%6.5%5.4%5.2%5.9%3.0%-0.9%2.1%2.5%3.0%
Net Margin % 3.9%4.5%2.1%2.9%-0.3%0.0%3.2%4.1%3.5%3.0%3.1%-1.3%--0.8%-1.4%-0.2%3.1%
ROE % 19.6%20.1%12.3%15.4%-1.5%0.1%14.6%17.7%15.3%12.2%12.8%-5.3%--2.8%-4.0%-0.5%9.6%
ROCE % -27.5%15.0%18.9%-5.4%-9.0%23.3%27.9%23.3%21.0%23.7%9.9%-2.4%4.0%7.3%8.5%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
6.96%
Institutions
89.61%
Public Float
96.31%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Rubric Capital Management LP 7.93% 1.42M $36.96M
2 Alliancebernstein L.P. 7.09% 1.27M $33.06M
3 Blackrock Inc. 6.98% 1.25M $32.56M
4 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 4.26% 761.20K $19.86M
5 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 4.14% 740.37K $19.32M
6 Magnetar Financial LLC 3.76% 671.27K $17.51M
7 Fourth Sail Capital LP 3.53% 631.04K $16.46M
8 Nuance Investments, LLC 3.19% 569.63K $14.86M
9 Bank of America Corporation 3.00% 535.99K $13.98M
10 Gamco Investors, Inc ET AL 2.68% 479.00K $12.50M

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CVGW — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW)?

As of 2026-07-15 16:51 PDT, Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) trades at $26.09 on NMS. Its 52-week range is $26.09 to $26.09.

What is the market capitalisation of CVGW?

Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) has a market capitalisation of $466.33M on NMS.

What is the P/E ratio of CVGW?

CVGW trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.99. The industry average P/E is 20.61. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 2.27.

Does CVGW pay a dividend?

Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.03%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of CVGW?

CVGW has a return on equity (ROE) of 7.97%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 11.07%.

Is CVGW a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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