United Natural Foods Inc (NYSE: UNFI) is 25.85% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.58 and a high of $32.20 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The UNFI stock was last observed hovering at around $31.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.4%.
Currently trading at $34.37, the stock is 15.07% and 21.98% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing 7.51% at the moment leaves the stock 83.24% off its SMA200. UNFI registered 101.35% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 171.48%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $27.9858 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $18.63035.
The stock witnessed a 22.66% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 63.43%, and is 11.37% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.80% over the week and 4.20% over the month.
United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) has around 28333 employees, a market worth around $2.06B and $31.30B in sales. Fwd P/E is 25.31. Profit margin for the company is -0.30%. Distance from 52-week low is 300.58% and 6.74% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1.78%).
with sales reaching $7.96B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 430.74% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.44% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.32% in year-over-year returns.
330.0 institutions hold shares in United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI), with institutional investors hold 91.74% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 59.90M, and float is at 58.32M with Short Float at 6.61%. Institutions hold 90.20% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.59 million shares valued at $125.59 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.1394 of the UNFI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 8.15 million shares valued at $106.82 million to account for 13.7278 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 3.07 million shares representing 5.1631 and valued at over $40.18 million, while INVESCO LTD. holds 5.0456 of the shares totaling 3.0 million with a market value of $39.26 million.
United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) Insider Activity
United Natural Foods Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 17 ’24 that Benedict Danielle (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold a total of 9,050 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 17 ’24 and was made at $22.10 per share for $0.2 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 88218.0 shares of the UNFI stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 17 ’24, Benedict Danielle (Officer) Proposed Sale 9,050 shares at an average price of $22.10 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds shares of United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI).
