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

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

Sprouts Farmers Market declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.33 billion. Sprouts Farmers Market had a return on equity of 25.85% and a net margin of 3.65%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.23 EPS. View Sprouts Farmers Market's Earnings History.

Sprouts Farmers Market is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Sprouts Farmers Market updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.28-1.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.26. The company issued revenue guidance of +11-11.5% YoY to ~$5.18-5.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.20 billion.

19 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Sprouts Farmers Market's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Sprouts Farmers Market's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Sprouts Farmers Market.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sprouts Farmers Market in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Sprouts Farmers Market.

Headlines about SFM stock have trended positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sprouts Farmers Market earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Sprouts Farmers Market's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.67%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.27%), Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. (0.22%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Sprouts Farmers Market stock include Amin N Maredia, Bradley Lukow, Brandon F Lombardi, Dan J Sanders, Daniel Bruni, David Mcglinchey, James Douglas Sanders, 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama and Louisiana State 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, Dan J Sanders, James Leroy Nielsen, Joe Fortunato, Shawn R Gensch, Shon A Boney 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 Daiwa SB Investments Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Sprouts Farmers Market stock in the last two years include Bradley Lukow, Daniel Bruni, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SFM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.84.

Sprouts Farmers Market has a market capitalization of $3.05 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.

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]