Graham Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund bought 60,454 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,078,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in shares of US Foods by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 12,744,006 shares of the company's stock worth $860,460,000 after buying an additional 77,012 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of US Foods by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,304,310 shares of the company's stock worth $290,369,000 after buying an additional 292,404 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of US Foods during the fourth quarter worth $211,300,000. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership acquired a new stake in shares of US Foods during the fourth quarter worth $171,107,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of US Foods by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,136,356 shares of the company's stock worth $144,119,000 after buying an additional 36,307 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Director David W. Bullock acquired 4,000 shares of US Foods stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $71.06 per share, for a total transaction of $284,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 4,500 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $319,770. The trade was a 800.00% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities analysts have weighed in on USFD shares. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on US Foods from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on US Foods from $81.00 to $84.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on US Foods from $83.00 to $84.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $80.00 price objective on shares of US Foods in a report on Monday. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price objective on US Foods from $78.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 14th. One 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. According to MarketBeat.com, US Foods currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $73.00.
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US Foods Price Performance
Shares of US Foods stock traded up $0.72 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $74.56. 2,110,822 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,011,800. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.21. US Foods Holding Corp. has a 1-year low of $50.05 and a 1-year high of $74.99. The company has a market cap of $17.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.91, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.35. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $65.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $67.38.
US Foods (NYSE:USFD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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 analyst estimates of $9.42 billion. US Foods had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 1.30%. US Foods's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.54 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.
About US Foods
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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.
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