Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM) is 9.99% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $60.46 and a high of $178.99 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 SFM stock was last observed hovering at around $140.82 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.05%.
Currently trading at $139.77, the stock is -0.90% and -6.85% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.03 million and changing -0.75% at the moment leaves the stock 16.41% off its SMA200. SFM registered 120.70% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 30.83%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $150.0462 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $120.062.
The stock witnessed a -20.57% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.20%, and is 4.63% 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 3.84% over the week and 5.29% over the month.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) has around 35000 employees, a market worth around $13.78B and $7.72B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 37.22 and Fwd P/E is 26.40. Profit margin for the company is 4.93%. Distance from 52-week low is 131.17% and -21.91% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.36%).
with sales reaching $2.2B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 23.95% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.20% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 16.76% in year-over-year returns.
894.0 institutions hold shares in Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM), with institutional investors hold 103.13% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 99.26M, and float is at 98.10M with Short Float at 5.73%. Institutions hold 102.73% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 12.98 million shares valued at $1.09 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.9219 of the SFM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 10.56 million shares valued at $883.5 million to account for 10.5122 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 6.67 million shares representing 6.6439 and valued at over $558.39 million, while RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC holds 4.4178 of the shares totaling 4.44 million with a market value of $371.3 million.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Rauch Douglas Gregory, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Rauch Douglas Gregory sold 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 20 ’25 at a price of $140.25 per share for a total of $0.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10598.0 shares.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 19 ’25 that Zalatoris Timmi (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold a total of 736 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 19 ’25 and was made at $137.45 per share for $0.1 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 13575.0 shares of the SFM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 20 ’25, Coffin Kim (SVP, Chief Forager) disposed off 756 shares at an average price of $140.65 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 12,625 shares of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM).
