Calavo Growers, Inc. (CVGW) Insider Trading Activity

NASDAQ$20.67
Market Cap
$368.59M
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Food Distribution
Rank in Sector
12 of 155
Rank in Industry
1 of 10

CVGW Insider Trading Activity

CVGW Median Price and Trade Amounts History Chart

Statistics of Insider Transactions

Amount of Insider Buys and Sells

Buys
$2,773,145
6
100
Sells
$0
0
0

Related Transactions

COLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
3
$2.44M
0
$0
$2.44M
Browne Michael AExecutive Vice President
2
$257,740
0
$0
$257,740
Snyder James EChief Financial Officer
1
$74,959
0
$0
$74,959

About Calavo Growers, Inc.

Calavo Growers, Inc. markets and distributes avocados, prepared avocados, and other perishable foods to retail grocery and foodservice customers, club stores, mass merchandisers, food distributors, and wholesale customers worldwide. It operates in three segments: Fresh Products, Calavo Foods, and Renaissance Food Group (RFG). The Fresh products segment distributes avocados and other fresh produce products comprising tomatoes and papayas; and procures avocados grown in California, Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The Calavo Foods segment is involved in purchasing, processing, packaging, and distributing prepared avocado products, including guacamole and salsa. The RFG segment manufactures, markets, and distributes fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, fresh prepared entrée salads, wraps, sandwiches, and fresh snacking products, as well as ready-to-heat entrees, other hot bar and various deli items, meals kits and related components, and salad kits. The company offers its products under the Calavo and RFG brands, and related logos; and Avo Fresco, Bueno, Calavo Gold, Calavo Salsa Lisa, Salsa Lisa, Celebrate the Taste, El Dorado, Fresh Ripe, Select, Taste of Paradise, The First Name in Avocados, Tico, Mfresh, Maui Fresh International, Triggered Avocados, ProRipeVIP, RIPE NOW!, Garden Highway Fresh Cut, Garden Highway, and Garden Highway Chef Essentials trademarks. Calavo Growers, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Santa Paula, California.

Insider Activity of Calavo Growers, Inc.

Over the last 12 months, insiders at Calavo Growers, Inc. have bought $2.77M and sold $0 worth of Calavo Growers, Inc. stock.

On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Calavo Growers, Inc. have bought $2.65M and sold $244,914 worth of stock each year.

Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: COLE LECIL E (Chief Executive Officer) — $2.44M. Browne Michael A (Executive Vice President) — $257,740. Snyder James E (Chief Financial Officer) — $74,959.

The last purchase of 40,775 shares for transaction amount of $1M was made by COLE LECIL E (Chief Executive Officer) on 2025‑04‑15.

List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Calavo Growers, Inc.

2025-04-15PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
40,775
0.2388%
$24.57
$1M
+10.43%
2025-04-14PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
38,155
0.2237%
$24.60
$938,613
+7.29%
2025-04-11PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
21,070
0.1192%
$23.73
$499,991
+10.95%
2025-04-10PurchaseBrowne Michael AExecutive Vice President
5,000
0.0276%
$23.12
$115,600
+16.88%
2025-04-10PurchaseSnyder James EChief Financial Officer
3,213
0.0179%
$23.33
$74,959
+16.88%
2025-04-02PurchaseBrowne Michael AExecutive Vice President
6,000
0.0339%
$23.69
$142,140
+13.05%
2023-09-18PurchaseBrowne Michael AExecutive Vice President
1,200
0.0068%
$28.15
$33,776
-5.73%
2023-07-14PurchaseHollister Stevedirector
2,000
0.0112%
$30.59
$61,180
-11.47%
2023-07-13PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
37,500
0.2121%
$30.74
$1.15M
-10.67%
2023-07-12PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
37,500
0.2101%
$29.94
$1.12M
-9.15%
2023-03-28PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
50,000
0.2815%
$27.96
$1.4M
+3.07%
2023-03-22PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
16,747
0.0955%
$25.04
$419,345
+17.06%
2023-03-21PurchaseCOLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
33,253
0.186%
$23.91
$795,079
+20.20%
2022-10-17SaleHELIN JAMES Ddirector
2,000
0.0112%
$32.00
$64,000
-0.40%
2021-09-14PurchaseHollister SteveInterim CEO & Interim CFO
5,000
0.0286%
$36.12
$180,600
+16.45%
2021-04-16SaleSANDERS DONALD Mdirector
2,000
0.0113%
$80.00
$160,000
-45.09%
2021-04-07SaleDiGregorio Michael Anthonydirector
1,000
0.0057%
$78.53
$78,535
-43.51%
2021-03-17SaleWEDIN ROBERT JExec. VP of Fresh Sales
2,335
0.0132%
$80.21
$187,293
-44.36%
2020-06-23SaleEdwards Harold Sdirector
1,600
0.009%
$61.42
$98,271
+16.84%
2020-04-15SaleBrown Marc Laurencedirector
1,000
0.0057%
$63.59
$63,590
+8.23%
Total: 375
*Gray background shows transactions not older than one year

Insider Historical Profitability

10.71%
COLE LECIL EChief Executive Officer
615000
3.4488%
$12.71M3668
+7.41%
Browne Michael AExecutive Vice President
6400
0.0359%
$132,288.0045
+9.87%
Snyder James EChief Financial Officer
5157
0.0289%
$106,595.1914
KEENAN ROY Vdirector
556883
3.1229%
$11.51M31
+42.67%
Catchot Kenneth JPresident and COO
435825
2.444%
$9.01M04
SNIDER ALVA Vdirector
95000
0.5327%
$1.96M07
LEAVENS J LINKdirector
92528
0.5189%
$1.91M168
+10.01%
Thille Dorcas Hdirector
84853
0.4758%
$1.75M09
FERRAZZANO FRED Jdirector
43374
0.2432%
$896,540.58041
Hollister Stevedirector
36702
0.2058%
$758,630.3433
+9.13%
HUNT JOHN Mdirector
29000
0.1626%
$599,430.00025
HELIN JAMES Ddirector
26314
0.1476%
$543,910.3801
VAN DER KAR SCOTTdirector
23262
0.1304%
$480,825.5445
+12.6%
SANDERS DONALD Mdirector
17887
0.1003%
$369,724.29015
CRANE AVIV.P. Calavo International
17794
0.0998%
$367,801.9803
DiGregorio Michael Anthonydirector
17750
0.0995%
$366,892.5002
Lindeman Bruce JohnCFO & Corporate Secretary
13800
0.0774%
$285,246.0002
Brown Marc Laurencedirector
13500
0.0757%
$279,045.00218
+3.51%
Araiza Ronald AnthonyVP Food Division Sales and Ops
9941
0.0557%
$205,480.4701
WEDIN ROBERT JExec. VP of Fresh Sales
9035
0.0507%
$186,753.45013
BRUNO ARTHUR JChief Financial Officer
7537
0.0423%
$155,789.79018
Edwards Harold Sdirector
6638
0.0372%
$137,207.4616
+61.6%
Gibson James EPresident of Subsidiary Corp.
5996
0.0336%
$123,937.3207
AHMER ALAN CVP - Proc. Sales & Operations
5422
0.0304%
$112,072.7402
Carbone Egidiodirector
5300
0.0297%
$109,551.0080
+6.74%
HAUSE MICHAEL Ddirector
5200
0.0292%
$107,484.0013
+29.47%
HOLMGREN KATHLEEN Mdirector
2750
0.0154%
$56,842.5010
+26.34%
HOMBRECHER WOLFGANG PV.P. Finance & Corp. Secretary
1871
0.0105%
$38,673.5702
BARNES GEORGE Hdirector
1400
0.0079%
$28,938.00117
<0.0001%
WATTS GERALD JVP,GM,Calavo de Mexico
200
0.0011%
$4,134.0004
*Gray background shows insiders who have made transactions during last year

Historical Insider Profitability vs. Competitors

Calavo Growers, Inc.
(CVGW)
$19,102,469
75
10.71%
$368.59M
$3,727,511
44
22.88%
$1.71B
$315,454,806
24
18.86%
$35.45B
$2,611,943
24
5.39%
$2.42B
$5,616,516
23
17.43%
$2.06B
$4,606,557
13
0.52%
$14.35B
$2,118,221
11
41.50%
$853.08M
$1,009,120
8
-13.69%
$138.69M
$2,137,954
5
13.37%
$16.78B

CVGW Institutional Investors: Active Positions

Increased Positions89+48.37%2M+15.85%
Decreased Positions79-42.93%2M-17.1%
New Positions32New1MNew
Sold Out Positions26Sold Out658,222Sold Out
Total Postitions194+5.43%13M-1.25%

CVGW Ownership Change vs Market

Institutional Investor Ownership

Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
Active Shareholders
Blackrock, Inc.$27,589.007.48%1.35M-10,736-0.79%2025-09-30
Vanguard Group Inc$25,928.007.03%1.27M+11,979+0.96%2025-09-30
Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp$13,656.003.7%666,487+1,281+0.19%2025-09-30
Sg Capital Management Llc$10,701.002.9%522,247+522,247New2025-09-30
Geode Capital Management, Llc$10,069.002.73%491,401+9,800+2.04%2025-09-30
Old West Investment Management, Llc$8,912.002.42%434,966+7,587+1.77%2025-09-30
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.$8,716.002.36%425,383+38,620+9.98%2025-09-30
State Street Corp$8,200.002.22%400,172-9,497-2.32%2025-09-30
Deprince Race & Zollo Inc$7,568.002.05%369,375+195+0.05%2025-09-30
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.$7,417.002.01%361,981+135,188+59.61%2025-09-30

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Summary
Comparison with Competitors

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Price to Book

Price/Free Cash Flow

Analyst Recommendations

Analyst Price Targets

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