US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) has earned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the twelve research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have issued a buy recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $81.2727.

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup initiated coverage on US Foods in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $95.00 target price on the stock. UBS Group lifted their price objective on US Foods from $84.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen lowered US Foods from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 25th. Finally, Guggenheim lifted their price objective on US Foods from $80.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th.

Insider Buying and Selling at US Foods

In other news, EVP Dirk J. Locascio sold 7,500 shares of US Foods stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.00, for a total transaction of $600,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 115,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,206,160. This trade represents a 6.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of US Foods

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of USFD. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its stake in US Foods by 36.9% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 18,419 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,243,000 after buying an additional 4,962 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its position in US Foods by 10.9% in the 4th quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 20,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,386,000 after purchasing an additional 2,019 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in US Foods by 16.3% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 271,916 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,343,000 after purchasing an additional 38,110 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in US Foods by 69.4% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 16,603 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,120,000 after purchasing an additional 6,804 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in US Foods by 84.6% in the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 24,062 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,623,000 after purchasing an additional 11,024 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

US Foods Stock Performance

USFD opened at $77.99 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.39. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $79.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.24. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02. US Foods has a 12-month low of $56.47 and a 12-month high of $85.11.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $10.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.17 billion. US Foods had a return on equity of 16.86% and a net margin of 1.43%.The company’s revenue was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. US Foods has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.764-3.874 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that US Foods will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.

US Foods Company Profile

US Foods Holding Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in marketing, sale, and distribution of fresh, frozen, and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers in the United States. The company's customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities, and retail locations.