NASDAQ:SFM - Sprouts Farmers Market Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Sprouts Farmers Market announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $350,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.32. The business had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.32 billion. Sprouts Farmers Market had a net margin of 3.62% and a return on equity of 25.56%. The business's revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.29 EPS. View Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings History.

Sprouts Farmers Market is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Sprouts Farmers Market updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.24-1.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.25. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.15-5.2 billion (+10.5-11.5%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.20 billion.

18 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Sprouts Farmers Market's shares. Their predictions range from $18.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Sprouts Farmers Market's stock price to reach $26.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sprouts Farmers Market.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sprouts Farmers Market in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sprouts Farmers Market.

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News stories about SFM stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Sprouts Farmers Market earned a daily sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 47.04 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Sprouts Farmers Market's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.63%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (4.50%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.82%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (2.24%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.14%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.98%). Company insiders that own Sprouts Farmers Market stock include Amin N Maredia, Bradley Lukow, Brandon F Lombardi, Dan J Sanders, Daniel Bruni, James Douglas Sanders, James Leroy Nielsen, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Granite Investment Partners LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Sprouts Farmers Market company stock in the last year include Amin N Maredia, Bradley Lukow, Brandon F Lombardi, James Leroy Nielsen, Shawn R Gensch, Shon A Boney, Steven H Townsend and Theodore Edward Frumkin II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sprouts Farmers Market.

SFM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voya Investment Management LLC, Laurion Capital Management LP, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Oak Ridge Investments LLC and First Quadrant L P CA. Company insiders that have bought Sprouts Farmers Market stock in the last two years include Bradley Lukow and Daniel Bruni. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SFM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.11.

Sprouts Farmers Market has a market capitalization of $3.01 billion and generates $4.66 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $158.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.01 on an earnings per share basis. Sprouts Farmers Market employs 27,000 workers across the globe.

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]