US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) is -3.32% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The USFD stock was last observed hovering at around $64.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.34%.
Currently trading at $65.22, the stock is -5.74% and -5.72% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.24 million and changing 0.52% at the moment leaves the stock 5.48% off its SMA200. USFD registered 23.90% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.24%.
The stock witnessed a -7.25% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.42%, and is -5.67% 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 3.58% over the week and 3.00% over the month.
US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) has around 30000 employees, a market worth around $15.03B and $37.88B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.36 and Fwd P/E is 14.21. Profit margin for the company is 1.30%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.36% and -10.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.15%).
with sales reaching $9.42B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 21.53% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.21% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.28% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 230.38M, and float is at 228.76M with Short Float at 2.36%.
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
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).
