Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) Shares on the Rise: Short-term Analysis

At the time of writing, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc [SFM] stock is trading at $171.66, up 0.39%. 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 SFM shares have gain 2.99% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.57%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc [NASDAQ: SFM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 17, 2025, when Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $190 for it. Previously, Northcoast upgraded its rating to Buy on February 28, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $185. On September 16, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $120 on the stock. RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Perform rating and suggested a price target of $107 on September 12, 2024. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and raised its price target to $90 on July 30, 2024. BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Market Perform for this stock on July 30, 2024, and upped its price target to $102. In a note dated February 27, 2024, BofA Securities upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $30 to $70.

For the past year, the stock price of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc fluctuated between $64.02 and $178.99. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $101.11 within the next 12 months. Sprouts Farmers Market Inc [NASDAQ: SFM] shares were valued at $171.66 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -41.1% based on the average SFM price forecast.

Analyzing the SFM fundamentals

According to Sprouts Farmers Market Inc [NASDAQ:SFM], the company’s sales were 7.72B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 17.53% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.34 and Total Capital is 0.2. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.33.

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 165.85 points at the first support level, and at 160.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 176.71, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 181.75.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Sprouts Farmers Market Inc [NASDAQ:SFM] has a current ratio of 0.99. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.49, while the Cash Ratio is 0.37. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.18, the price to book ratio is 12.89 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 45.72.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Sinclair Jack, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Apr 10 ’25 when 2915.0 shares were sold. Chief Executive Officer, Sinclair Jack completed a deal on Apr 09 ’25 to sell 2915.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Jack Sinclair bought 5830.0 shares on Apr 09 ’25.

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