US Foods (NYSE:USFD) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.01 EPS

US Foods (NYSE:USFD - Get Free Report) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by ($0.01), Briefing.com reports. The business had revenue of $9.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.42 billion. US Foods had a net margin of 1.30% and a return on equity of 15.03%. US Foods's revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.54 EPS. US Foods updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.690-3.880 EPS.

US Foods Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of US Foods stock traded down $0.17 on Friday, reaching $71.64. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,526,434 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,005,294. US Foods has a 52 week low of $50.05 and a 52 week high of $73.19. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $64.89 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $67.15. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. The company has a market capitalization of $16.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.35.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

USFD has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of US Foods from $83.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. Guggenheim restated a "buy" rating and issued a $80.00 target price on shares of US Foods in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on US Foods from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com lowered US Foods from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, March 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of US Foods from $81.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, US Foods has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $72.08.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director David W. Bullock bought 4,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $71.06 per share, for a total transaction of $284,240.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 4,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately $319,770. This represents a 800.00 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.60% of the company's stock.

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.

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