United Natural Foods (UNFI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Natural Foods in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" UNFI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UNFI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for United Natural Foods' stock. Their UNFI share price forecasts range from $17.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $36.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.2% from the stock's current price.
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United Natural Foods' stock was trading at $38.71 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, UNFI shares have decreased by 31.1% and is now trading at $26.69.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June 7th 2023.
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United Natural Foods will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, June 7th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE:UNFI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 8th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.60. The business earned $7.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.77 billion. United Natural Foods had a net margin of 0.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.45%. The company's revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.13 EPS.

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United Natural Foods declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, September 27th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

United Natural Foods issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.05-$3.90 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.00. The company issued revenue guidance of $30.10 billion-$30.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $30.22 billion.

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United Natural Foods trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UNFI."

United Natural Foods' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.61%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.50%), State Street Corp (3.91%), FMR LLC (2.96%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (2.85%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (2.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann Torre Bates, Christopher P Testa, Danielle Benedict, Eric A Dorne, J Alexander Douglas Jr, John W Howard, Michael C Stigers, Michael S Funk, Paul Scott Green, Peter Roy, Richard Eric Esper and Steven Spinner.
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Shares of UNFI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UNFI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.69.

United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion and generates $28.93 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $248 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 30,300 workers across the globe.

United Natural Foods' mailing address is 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI, 02908. The official website for the company is www.unfi.com. The company can be reached via phone at (401) 528-8634, via email at investorrelations@unfi.com, or via fax at 401-278-1896.