Calavo Growers (CVGW)

• Market cap: $496M
• 1 day: -0.90%
• 5 days: 0.36%
• 1 month: 4.64%
• 3 months: 3.85%
• 6 months: 16.15%
• Year to date: 8.00%
• 1 year: 14.13%
• 5 years: -55.77%
• 10 years: -50.44%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Distribution

About: Calavo Growers Inc is in the avocado industry and an expanding provider of value-added fresh food. The group markets and distribute avocados, prepared avocado products, and other perishable foods to retail grocery, foodservice, club stores, mass merchandisers, food distributors and wholesalers across the world. The company distributes its products both domestically and internationally and reports its operations in two different business segments: Grown and Prepared. The Grown segment consists of fresh avocados, tomatoes, and papayas. The Prepared segment comprises all other products including fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, ready-to-eat sandwiches, wraps, salads and snacks, guacamole, and salsa sold at retail and food service as well as avocado pulp sold to food service.

Employees: 2,106

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

63% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 39 | Existing positions closed: 24

13% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $311M [Q1] → $352M (+$41M) [Q2]

12% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.04M | Put options by funds: $922K

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 146 [Q1] → 160 (+14) [Q2]

1.56% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.58% [Q1] → 74.14% (+1.56%) [Q2]

6% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 49 | Existing positions reduced: 52