Deutsche Bank AG Has $10.26 Million Holdings in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD)

Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD - Free Report) by 79.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 152,050 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 67,399 shares during the quarter. Deutsche Bank AG owned about 0.07% of US Foods worth $10,257,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in USFD. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its stake in shares of US Foods by 114.4% in the 4th quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 177,270 shares of the company's stock valued at $11,959,000 after buying an additional 94,580 shares in the last quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC acquired a new stake in shares of US Foods during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Crestline Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of US Foods during the 4th quarter worth about $1,081,000. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC increased its position in shares of US Foods by 2,200.2% during the 4th quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC now owns 287,480 shares of the company's stock worth $19,393,000 after purchasing an additional 274,982 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in shares of US Foods by 84.6% during the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 24,062 shares of the company's stock worth $1,623,000 after purchasing an additional 11,024 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company's stock.

US Foods Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NYSE USFD traded up $0.57 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $77.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,365,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,019,130. The stock has a market cap of $18.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.71. US Foods Holding Corp. has a one year low of $50.05 and a one year high of $78.17. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $66.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.78.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by ($0.01). US Foods had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 1.30%. The firm had revenue of $9.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.54 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on USFD. Barclays increased their target price on shares of US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of US Foods from $70.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of US Foods from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of US Foods from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of US Foods from $81.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, US Foods presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $74.18.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Dirk J. Locascio sold 15,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total value of $1,125,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 115,077 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $8,630,775. The trade was a 11.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.