A new trading day began on Monday, with Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM) stock price up 1.03% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $168.03. SFM’s price has ranged from $64.02 to $178.99 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 6.75%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 25.10%. With a float of $97.63 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $99.26 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 35000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 37.28%, operating margin of 6.6%, and the pretax margin is 6.56%.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) Insider Activity
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 0.56%, while institutional ownership is 98.56%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 10 ’25, was worth 449,481. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company sold 2,915 shares at a rate of $154.20, taking the stock ownership to the 186,400 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 09 ’25, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer sold 2,915 for $149.36, making the entire transaction worth $435,398. This insider now owns 189,315 shares in total.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.15 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 25.10% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.75% during the next five years compared to 24.61% 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 0.49. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.16. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 40.18.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.75, a number that is poised to hit 1.55 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.34 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM)
Looking closely at Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM), its last 5-days average volume was 1.57 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.58 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 91.39%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 6.25.
During the past 100 days, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc’s (SFM) raw stochastic average was set at 82.85%, which indicates a significant decrease from 99.51% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.66% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 45.20% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $151.03, while its 200-day Moving Average is $129.91. However, in the short run, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $171.13. Second resistance stands at $172.49. The third major resistance level sits at $175.09. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $167.16, it is likely to go to the next support level at $164.56. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $163.20.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 16.67 billion, the company has a total of 98,178K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 7,719 M while annual income is 380,600 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,996 M while its latest quarter income was 79,600 K.
