DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main Purchases 94,580 Shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD)

DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main lifted its position in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD - Free Report) by 114.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 177,270 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 94,580 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main owned about 0.08% of US Foods worth $11,959,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC lifted its position in US Foods by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 4,134 shares of the company's stock valued at $279,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System lifted its position in US Foods by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 67,426 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,549,000 after purchasing an additional 170 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in US Foods by 59.5% during the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 477 shares of the company's stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 178 shares during the last quarter. GeoWealth Management LLC lifted its position in US Foods by 94.5% during the fourth quarter. GeoWealth Management LLC now owns 389 shares of the company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 189 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vestcor Inc lifted its position in US Foods by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 20,200 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,363,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares during the last quarter. 98.76% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at US Foods

In other news, Director David W. Bullock purchased 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $71.06 per share, for a total transaction of $284,240.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 4,500 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $319,770. This represents a 800.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.60% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of US Foods from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, March 22nd. Guggenheim reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $80.00 target price on shares of US Foods in a research note on Monday. Barclays increased their target price on shares of US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of US Foods from $83.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of US Foods from $81.00 to $84.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $73.00.

US Foods Stock Up 2.6%

NYSE USFD traded up $1.85 during trading on Monday, reaching $73.55. 2,254,307 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,005,932. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The firm has a market cap of $16.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.35. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $64.89 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $67.20. US Foods Holding Corp. has a 12-month low of $50.05 and a 12-month high of $73.62.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $9.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.42 billion. US Foods had a net margin of 1.30% and a return on equity of 15.03%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.54 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal 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.