A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM) stock price up 3.60% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $147.98. SFM’s price has ranged from $41.27 to $149.89 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 5.81% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 29.91%. With a float of $99.45 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $101.21 million.
In an organization with 32000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.9%, operating margin of 6.37%, and the pretax margin is 6.3%.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Grocery Stores Industry. The insider ownership of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc is 0.54%, while institutional ownership is 101.05%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 04 ’24, was worth 657,464. In this transaction Chief Supply Chain Officer of this company sold 4,956 shares at a rate of $132.66, taking the stock ownership to the 11,184 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 04 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 11,500 for $132.84, making the entire transaction worth $1,527,680. This insider now owns 33,571 shares in total.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.49 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). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.28 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 29.91% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.97% during the next five years compared to 15.43% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Sprouts Farmers Market Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.59. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.07. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 43.25.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.46, a number that is poised to hit 0.72 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.20 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.44 million. That was better than the volume of 1.34 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.86%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.50.
During the past 100 days, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc’s (SFM) raw stochastic average was set at 99.54%, which indicates a significant increase from 97.71% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 24.08% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 34.07% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $124.34, while its 200-day Moving Average is $89.39. However, in the short run, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $155.47. Second resistance stands at $157.62. The third major resistance level sits at $161.60. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $149.34, it is likely to go to the next support level at $145.36. The third support level lies at $143.21 if the price breaches the second support level.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 15.33 billion, the company has a total of 99,991K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 6,837 M while annual income is 258,860 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,946 M while its latest quarter income was 91,610 K.
