Sweetgreen (SG) Q1 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates

By Zacks Equity Research | May 08, 2025, 7:30 PM

For the quarter ended March 2025, Sweetgreen, Inc. (SG) reported revenue of $166.3 million, up 5.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.21, compared to -$0.23 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.51% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $165.46 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.21, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.

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: -3.1% compared to the -3.5% average estimate based on five analysts.
  • Ending restaurants: 251 versus 251 estimated by five analysts on average.
  • New Restaurant Openings: 5 compared to the 5 average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Sweetgreen have returned -21.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% 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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