US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) Stock Short-term Performance Analysis

A share price of US Foods Holding Corp [USFD] is currently trading at $51.06, up 0.22%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The USFD shares have gain 5.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 13.72%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 20, February 2024, US Foods CHEF’STORE Continues Steady Growth With Five New Store Openings Planned in 2024. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, New Locations in North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia and First in Georgia Will Open in the Second Half of 2024.

From an analyst’s perspective:

US Foods Holding Corp [NYSE: USFD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 20, 2024, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $64 from $47. Previously, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight on February 20, 2024, and elevated its price target to $59. Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $50 on October 19, 2023. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $54 on June 20, 2023. Barclays upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 05, 2023, and upped its price target to $43.

US Foods Holding Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $33.96 and $51.10. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $44.5 within the next 12 months. US Foods Holding Corp [NYSE: USFD] shares were valued at $51.06 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -12.85% based on the average USFD price forecast.

Analyzing the USFD fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for US Foods Holding Corp [NYSE:USFD] were 35.60B which represents 4.94% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at -0.03% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.51%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -1.53, Equity is -2.61 and Total Capital is -22.65. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-6.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 50.74 points at the first support level, and at 50.43 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 51.28, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 51.51.

US Foods Holding Corp [USFD] reported earnings per share of $0.64 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.66/share, meaning a difference of -$0.02 and a surprise factor of -3.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.7 per share as compared to estimates of $0.69 per share, a difference of $0.01 representing a surprise of 1.40%.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for US Foods Holding Corp [NYSE:USFD] is 1.30. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.78, while the Cash Ratio is 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.35, the price to book ratio is 2.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.57.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Ferguson Scott D., Director, that happened on Dec 11 when 3.0 million shares were sold. EVP, Nationally Managed Bus., Guberman Steven completed a deal on Mar 30 to sell 2735.0 shares. Meanwhile, Iacobucci Andrew E. sold 2278.0 shares on Mar 30.

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