Sprouts Farmers Market Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:SFM)

Sprouts Farmers Market trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SFM."

Sprouts Farmers Market announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.45 billion. Sprouts Farmers Market had a net margin of 2.61% and a return on equity of 26.10%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.32 EPS. View Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings History.

Sprouts Farmers Market is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Sprouts Farmers Market will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Sprouts Farmers Market updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.05-1.09 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.21. The company issued revenue guidance of +7-8% to ~$5.57-5.62 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.71 billion.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Sprouts Farmers Market's shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Sprouts Farmers Market's stock price to reach $22.74 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sprouts Farmers Market.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sprouts Farmers Market in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Media coverage about SFM stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Sprouts Farmers Market earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Sprouts Farmers Market saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,590,000 shares, a decrease of 7.6% from the August 15th total of 12,550,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,670,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.9 days. Approximately 9.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Sprouts Farmers Market's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Sprouts Farmers Market include Empire (EMP.A), Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (CBD), WM Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Grocery Outlet (GO), Greggs (GRG), North West (NWC), Weis Markets (WMK), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Huon Aquaculture Group (HUO), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), iFresh (IFMK), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ANCUF) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (ANCTF).

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Sprouts Farmers Market's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.62%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.43%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.41%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.19%), Robecosam AG (0.07%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Sprouts Farmers Market stock include Amin N Maredia, Bradley Lukow, Brandon F Lombardi, Dan J Sanders, David Mcglinchey, James Leroy Nielsen, Joe Fortunato, Kristen E Blum, Shawn R Gensch, Shon A Boney, Steven H Townsend and Theodore Edward Frumkin II. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sprouts Farmers Market.

SFM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Hennessy Advisors Inc., Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Robecosam AG, Stephens Inc. AR and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Sprouts Farmers Market company stock in the last year include Amin N Maredia, Dan J Sanders, James Leroy Nielsen, Joe Fortunato, Shawn R Gensch and Theodore Edward Frumkin II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sprouts Farmers Market.

SFM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., PGGM Investments, Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Signaturefd LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. Company insiders that have bought Sprouts Farmers Market stock in the last two years include Bradley Lukow, David Mcglinchey, Kristen E Blum, Shon A Boney and Steven H Townsend. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Shares of SFM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SFM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.29.

Sprouts Farmers Market has a market capitalization of $2.16 billion and generates $5.21 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $158.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis. Sprouts Farmers Market employs 30,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Sprouts Farmers Market.

The official website for Sprouts Farmers Market is http://www.sprouts.com/.

Sprouts Farmers Market's mailing address is 5455 EAST HIGH STREET SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ, 85054. The company can be reached via phone at 480-814-8016 or via email at [email protected]