Sweetgreen Inc [SG] is -26.26% lower this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Sweetgreen Inc [NYSE: SG] loss -6.12% on the last trading session, reaching $23.64 price per share at the time.

If compared to the average trading volume of 3.51M shares, SG reached a trading volume of 3585179 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Sweetgreen Inc [SG]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SG shares is $32.50 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SG stock is a recommendation set at 1.67. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Goldman have made an estimate for Sweetgreen Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on February 27, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Citigroup raised their target price from $44 to $49. The new note on the price target was released on January 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Sweetgreen Inc stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Sweetgreen Inc is set at 2.07, with the Price to Sales ratio for SG stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 4.10. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.21, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.83.

Trading performance analysis for SG stock

Sweetgreen Inc [SG] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.42. With this latest performance, SG shares dropped by -8.83% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -22.08% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 24.75% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for SG stock in for the last two-week period is set at 41.84, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 44.78, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 40.70 for Sweetgreen Inc [SG]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 28.39, while it was recorded at 24.29 for the last single week of trading, and 32.16 for the last 200 days.

Sweetgreen Inc [SG]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Sweetgreen Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.01 and a Current Ratio set at 2.02.

Sweetgreen Inc [SG]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Sweetgreen Inc go to 52.83%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Sweetgreen Inc [SG]

There are presently around $98.26%, or 100.77%% of SG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of SG stocks are: BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO with ownership of 12.33 million shares, which is approximately 10.8525%. FMR LLC, holding 10.97 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$330.64 million in SG stocks shares; and FMR LLC, currently with $$272.14 million in SG stock with ownership which is approximately 8.0066%.