SG NYSE Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Sweetgreen Inc · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

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Latest close 6.45 USD
7.5% latest week
Weekly setup

Weak trend

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -8.4% below the Trend Line and sits at 23.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 7.5%, after a -26.5% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is bullish with 42/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 53/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal; earnings are due in 5d.

Setup score 23 out of 100
Latest Close 6.45 USD 31 Jul 2026
1W Return 7.5% latest completed week
4W Return -26.5% short-term follow-through
12W Return -7.9% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 19.2% 10 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.7x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • Activity pressure is constructive, supporting the smart-money activity read.
What could go wrong
  • The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
  • Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
  • Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through 7.5% Latest completed week; four-week move -26.5%. Indicator stack 11/42 Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window. Trend backdrop Active The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime. Patient Capital Quiet Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing. Options pressure Bullish 42/100 conviction; expected move 17.8%. News sentiment 53/100 54 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read. Event risk 5d Next report is scheduled for 06 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is not active. Price is -8.4% below the Trend Line and sits at 23.4% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 7.5%, after a -26.5% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 0.7x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
6 Feb 13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul
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Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.6612-week average 0.49

12-week confirmation

Trend active10/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure11/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership5/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.66Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is -26.5% over four weeks, -7.9% over 12 weeks, and -45.9% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W7.5%
4W-26.5%
12W-7.9%
26W5.0%
52W-45.9%
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year10
Trend breadth19.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.02Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-101.6%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-18.76Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-1354.9%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 91% Model confidence 87%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength5/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 96; rank 1 is best.
Value33/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 68; rank 1 is best.
Quality4/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 97; rank 1 is best.
Momentum5/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 96; rank 1 is best.
Growth23/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 78; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

Quality and valuation are separate questions

A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.

Value-quality framework3/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
42.5x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
1.1x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
9.8x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
9.6%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
10.6%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
2.8%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
12.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
2.4%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-1.5%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-29.2%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
2/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
-
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-0.1%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
-0.1%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.1x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Options positioningBullish

SG shows bullish options pressure with a 42/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.33, expected move of 17.8%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Conviction42/100
Expected move17.8%
Put/call volume0.33
Pressure58
Speculation22
Volatility96
Trend agreement11
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Insider activity9 / 0

9 acquisitions and 0 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.
News sentiment53/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 54 relevant articles.

12 positive · 37 neutral · 5 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings5dNext report is scheduled for 06 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
Options expected move17.8%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-49.9%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility13.6%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+22.2%Week of 12 Jun.
Worst week-25.5%Week of 5 Jun.
Latest week+7.5%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains8
Modest gains4
Flat weeks0
Modest losses5
Sharp losses9
Recent vol13.6%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol9.9%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split23/29Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew7.7% / -7.3%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

Weekly tape26/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 26/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis68/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 10/12, activity pressure 11/12, relative leadership 5/12.

Activity pressure 0.66; No reversal markers Factors10/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 72; Small Cap Core rank 66 SVQF3/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 978.0 of 1013 Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal Options45/100

SG shows bullish options pressure with a 42/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.33, expected move of 17.8%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.

Bullish · Call-side pressure · Expected move 17.8% Sentiment53/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 54 relevant articles.

SG|Sweetgreen Inc|Price:6.545|Chg%:+0.185 Insiders9 / 0

9 acquisitions and 0 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

 Earnings5d

Next report is scheduled for 06 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
31 Jul 20266.45 USD7.5%7.04 USD17.39 USD-0.02-18.7620.8MOff
24 Jul 20266.00 USD-15.3%7.06 USD17.45 USD0.40-25.0632.7MOn
17 Jul 20267.08 USD-15.3%7.09 USD17.50 USD0.81-14.4137.2MOn
10 Jul 20268.36 USD-4.7%7.08 USD17.55 USD1.00-2.7720.5MOn
3 Jul 20268.77 USD-4.0%7.05 USD17.59 USD1.201.4917.0MOn
26 Jun 20269.14 USD1.9%6.98 USD17.64 USD1.345.9624.9MOn
19 Jun 20268.97 USD-1.1%6.89 USD17.66 USD1.49-0.0719.3MOn
12 Jun 20269.07 USD22.2%6.82 USD17.67 USD1.710.5626.9MOn
5 Jun 20267.42 USD-25.5%6.72 USD17.68 USD1.83-18.4434.1MOn
29 May 20269.96 USD1.8%6.66 USD17.70 USD1.944.5129.7MOn
22 May 20269.78 USD20.9%6.54 USD17.70 USD1.752.5743.5MOn
15 May 20268.09 USD15.6%6.46 USD17.70 USD1.46-15.5927.2MOff
8 May 20267.00 USD-1.4%6.43 USD17.71 USD1.20-28.3628.3MOff
1 May 20267.10 USD-0.6%6.45 USD17.72 USD0.78-27.5016.1MOff
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.