Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC Has $48.57 Million Stake in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD)

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC grew its stake in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD - Free Report) by 6.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,069,610 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 62,223 shares during the period. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC owned about 0.44% of US Foods worth $48,571,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in US Foods by 98.2% in the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 9,220,688 shares of the company's stock valued at $418,711,000 after purchasing an additional 4,569,002 shares during the period. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. acquired a new position in US Foods in the 3rd quarter valued at about $53,581,000. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in US Foods during the fourth quarter worth about $18,555,000. South Street Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of US Foods during the third quarter worth about $12,494,000. Finally, Sasco Capital Inc. CT grew its holdings in shares of US Foods by 75.6% in the third quarter. Sasco Capital Inc. CT now owns 629,560 shares of the company's stock valued at $24,994,000 after purchasing an additional 271,140 shares in the last quarter. 98.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

US Foods Stock Up 0.0 %

US Foods stock traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $54.81. 2,094,722 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,711,571. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.78. US Foods Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $35.66 and a fifty-two week high of $55.39. The company's fifty day moving average price is $52.33 and its 200-day moving average price is $47.58. The company has a market cap of $13.44 billion, a PE ratio of 27.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.58.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 15th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.64 by ($0.04). US Foods had a return on equity of 13.08% and a net margin of 1.41%. The business had revenue of $8.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.81 billion. On average, research analysts predict that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 2.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on USFD. Piper Sandler upgraded shares of US Foods from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $45.00 to $59.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of US Foods from $57.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $50.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 19th. BMO Capital Markets restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $62.00 price objective (up from $58.00) on shares of US Foods in a report on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of US Foods from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $58.00.

Insider Transactions at US Foods

In other news, EVP David A. Rickard sold 50,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.52, for a total transaction of $2,626,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 148,561 shares in the company, valued at $7,802,423.72. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.70% of the company's stock.

About US Foods

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.