On Tuesday, US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) opened higher 0.40% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $69.89. Price fluctuations for USFD have ranged from $42.96 to $70.52 over the past 52 weeks.
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Consumer Defensive Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 8.88% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 18.59% at the time writing. With a float of $231.43 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $245.20 million.
The firm has a total of 30000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 17.3%, operating margin of 2.99%, and the pretax margin is 2.03%.
US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Food Distribution industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of US Foods Holding Corp is 0.65%, while institutional ownership is 98.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 12 ’24, was worth 579,500. In this transaction EVP, Chief Financial Officer of this company sold 10,000 shares at a rate of $57.95, taking the stock ownership to the 88,563 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 10,000 for $57.95, making the entire transaction worth $579,500.
US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) Earnings and Forecasts
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 9/30/2024, the company posted 0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at 0.66) by -0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.71 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.59% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 20.00% during the next five years compared to 1.33% growth over the previous five years of trading.
US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for US Foods Holding Corp (USFD). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.72. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.44. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.45.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.33, a number that is poised to hit 0.80 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.82 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of US Foods Holding Corp (USFD)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [US Foods Holding Corp, USFD], we can find that recorded value of 2.01 million was better than the volume posted last year of 1.81 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 93.39%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.29.
During the past 100 days, US Foods Holding Corp’s (USFD) raw stochastic average was set at 98.29%, which indicates a significant increase from 94.57% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.38% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 23.53% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $63.27, while its 200-day Moving Average is $55.85. Now, the first resistance to watch is $70.41. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $70.65. The third major resistance level sits at $71.03. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $69.79, it is likely to go to the next support level at $69.41. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $69.17.
US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) Key Stats
There are currently 232,939K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 16.35 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 35,597 M according to its annual income of 506,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 9,728 M and its income totaled 148,000 K.
