A new trading day began on May 22, 2023, with US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) stock priced at $41.32, up 0.34% from the previous day of trading. During the day, the shares moved up to $41.76 and dropped to $41.25 before settling in for the closing price of $41.28. USFD’s price has ranged from $25.49 to $41.64 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Defensive sector saw sales topped by 7.10%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 87.60%. With a float of $217.08 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $226.00 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 29000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +16.13, operating margin of +2.06, and the pretax margin is +1.06.
US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Food Distribution Industry. The insider ownership of US Foods Holding Corp. is 0.30%, while institutional ownership is 97.28%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 30, was worth 99,937. In this transaction EVP, Nationally Managed Bus. of this company sold 2,735 shares at a rate of $36.54, taking the stock ownership to the 94,579 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 30, when Company’s insider sold 2,278 for $36.54, making the entire transaction worth $83,238. This insider now owns 185,244 shares in total.
US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 3/30/2023, the company reported earnings of $0.5 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). This company achieved a net margin of +0.78 while generating a return on equity of 6.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.7 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 87.60% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 19.68% during the next five years compared to -3.40% drop over the previous five years of trading.
US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are US Foods Holding Corp.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.80. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.28.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.33, a number that is poised to hit 0.75 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.20 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)
The latest stats from [US Foods Holding Corp., USFD] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.88 million was inferior to 2.05 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 94.44%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.89.
During the past 100 days, US Foods Holding Corp.’s (USFD) raw stochastic average was set at 95.79%, which indicates a significant increase from 92.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.16% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 27.01% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $37.46, while its 200-day Moving Average is $34.35. Now, the first resistance to watch is $41.70. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $41.99. The third major resistance level sits at $42.21. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $41.19, it is likely to go to the next support level at $40.97. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $40.68.
US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 9.62 billion, the company has a total of 232,652K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 34,057 M while annual income is 265,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 8,542 M while its latest quarter income was 82,000 K.
