Sweetgreen, Inc. (SG) reported $155.19 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 3.6%. EPS of -$0.42 for the same period compares to -$0.25 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.82% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $159.69 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.31, the EPS surprise was -36.36%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Sweetgreen performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Same-Store Sales Change: -11.5% versus -11.7% estimated by five analysts on average.
- Ending restaurants: 280 versus 284 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Net New Restaurant Openings: 15 compared to the 17 average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Sweetgreen have returned -9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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