Calavo Growers Ownership | Who Owns Calavo Growers?

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Calavo Growers Ownership Summary

Calavo Growers is owned by 52.46% institutional investors, 6.72% insiders, and 40.82% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 15.15% of CVGW shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.99% of its assets in Calavo Growers shares.

CVGW Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Calavo Growers	52.46%	6.72%	40.82%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.19%	16.40%	50.41%
Industry	Food Distribution Stocks	41.50%	16.04%	42.47%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	2.70M	15.15%	$61.22M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	1.30M	7.30%	$28.35M
Vanguard group	1.27M	7.10%	$27.57M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	761.20K	4.26%	$19.63M
Nuance investments	569.63K	3.19%	$14.69M
Geode capital management	485.48K	2.72%	$10.56M
Gamco investors, inc. et al	473.70K	2.65%	$10.30M
Old west investment management	434.97K	2.44%	$11.20M
State street	400.17K	2.24%	$10.38M
Heartland advisors	400.00K	2.24%	$10.32M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Old west investment management	434.97K	2.57%	$11.20M
Nuance investments	569.63K	2.05%	$14.69M
Teton advisors	76.00K	1.23%	$2.02M
Heartland advisors	400.00K	0.53%	$10.32M
Gabelli & co investment advisers	141.90K	0.46%	$3.09M
Abc arbitrage sa	116.03K	0.40%	$2.99M
Integrity wealth advisors	40.14K	0.38%	$1.05M
Olympiad research lp	9.01K	0.32%	$231.97K
Atom investors lp	164.89K	0.32%	$4.24M
Ancora advisors	314.51K	0.16%	$8.10M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Balyasny asset management	226.79K	0.01%	215.30K
Atom investors lp	164.89K	0.32%	164.89K
Two sigma investments, lp	177.77K	0.01%	164.48K
Gamco investors, inc. et al	473.70K	0.10%	144.50K
Vanguard fiduciary trust	120.00K	0.00%	120.00K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Sg capital management	-	-	-522.25K
Deprince race & zollo	-	-	-410.47K
Kent lake capital	-	-	-250.00K
Bank of america corp /de/	148.50K	0.00%	-235.11K
Russell investments group	10.29K	0.00%	-222.38K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Atom investors lp	164.89K	0.32%	164.89K	$4.24M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	120.00K	0.00%	120.00K	$3.09M
Abc arbitrage sa	116.03K	0.40%	116.03K	$2.99M
Two sigma advisers, lp	71.30K	0.00%	71.30K	$1.84M
Rice hall james & associates	69.71K	0.10%	69.71K	$1.79M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sbi securities	-2.00
Mendota financial group	-2.00
Larson financial group	-2.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-3.00
Fairman group	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	97	-42.60%	9,362,192	-28.56%	52	0.97%	51	-42.05%	32	-34.69%
Sep 30, 2025	113	-28.48%	10,348,767	-16.83%	57	1.19%	58	-33.33%	31	-35.42%
Jun 30, 2025	166	10.67%	13,293,896	2.57%	74	1.41%	90	9.76%	51	18.60%
Mar 31, 2025	148	-5.73%	12,937,719	-2.88%	72	1.30%	82	-2.38%	42	-4.55%
Dec 31, 2024	155	6.16%	13,314,368	3.50%	74	1.43%	82	-	44	7.32%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	532.75K	2.99%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	530.53K	2.97%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	405.08K	2.27%	3.43K
Heartland Value Investor	400.00K	2.24%	-
Heartland Value Strategy	400.00K	2.24%	-
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	325.00K	1.82%	7.00K
AB Merger Arbitrage S1 USD	273.69K	1.53%	29.82K
Ancora/Thelen Small Mid Cap Core	254.38K	1.43%	254.38K
Nuance Concentrated Value	237.44K	1.33%	141.39K
Nuance Mid Cap Value Separate Account	232.72K	1.30%	-87.35K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 15, 2025	COLE LECIL E	Chief Executive Officer	Buy	$1.00M
Apr 14, 2025	COLE LECIL E	Chief Executive Officer	Buy	$938.61K
Apr 11, 2025	COLE LECIL E	Chief Executive Officer	Buy	$499.99K
Apr 10, 2025	Snyder James E	Chief Financial Officer	Buy	$74.96K
Apr 10, 2025	Browne Michael A	Executive Vice President	Buy	$115.60K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q2	6	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2024 Q1	-	-

CVGW Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Calavo Growers?

Calavo Growers shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 52.46%, followed by 6.72% insiders and 40.82% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Calavo Growers's industry, Food Distribution Stocks , is 41.50%, which Calavo Growers exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Calavo Growers?

Calavo Growers’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (2.7M shares, 15.15%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (1.3M shares, 7.30%), and Vanguard group (1.27M shares, 7.10%). Together, they hold 29.56% of Calavo Growers’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Calavo Growers?

Yes, BlackRock owns 15.15% of Calavo Growers, totaling 2.7M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 61.22M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -135K shares, a -4.77% change.

Who is Calavo Growers’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Old west investment management is Calavo Growers’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.57% of its assets in 434.97K Calavo Growers shares, valued at 11.2M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Calavo Growers shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Calavo Growers shares, with 2.99% of its total shares outstanding invested in 532.75K Calavo Growers shares.

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