US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) is 2.49% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $49.65 and a high of $73.19 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 USFD stock was last observed hovering at around $68.26 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.88%.
Currently trading at $69.14, the stock is -2.00% and -0.44% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.27 million and changing 1.29% at the moment leaves the stock 12.29% off its SMA200. USFD registered 36.67% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 16.77%.
The stock witnessed a -3.07% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.90%, and is -2.14% down 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 2.70% over the week and 2.66% over the month.
US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) has around 30000 employees, a market worth around $15.93B and $37.88B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.30 and Fwd P/E is 15.06. Profit margin for the company is 1.30%. Distance from 52-week low is 39.25% and -5.53% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.15%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 21.53% this year
The shares outstanding are 230.38M, and float is at 228.76M with Short Float at 1.73%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 23.96 million shares valued at $1.27 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.7792 of the USFD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 23.11 million shares valued at $1.22 billion to account for 9.4319 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 19.61 million shares representing 8.0043 and valued at over $1.04 billion, while BOSTON PARTNERS holds 6.1663 of the shares totaling 15.17 million with a market value of $803.39 million.
US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Bullock David W, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Bullock David W bought 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $71.06 per share for a total of $0.28 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 4500.0 shares.
US Foods Holding Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 12 ’24 that Locascio Dirk J. (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 12 ’24 and was made at $57.95 per share for $0.58 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 88563.0 shares of the USFD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 12 ’24, Locascio Dirk J. (Officer) Proposed Sale 10,000 shares at an average price of $57.95 for $0.58 million. The insider now directly holds shares of US Foods Holding Corp (USFD).
US Foods Holding Corp (USFD): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Walmart Inc. (WMT) that is trading 58.46% up over the past 12 months.Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) lies in the list of competitors of the US Foods Holding Corp and is 35.50% higher over the same period from USFDTarget Corp. (TGT) is -32.83% down on the 1-year trading charts.