US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 29.66x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.66. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for USFD is 242.93M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.30% of that float. On September 26, 2024, the average trading volume of USFD was 1.88M shares.
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USFD) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) has surged by 0.94 when compared to previous closing price of 61.79, but the company has seen a 2.40% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. benzinga.com reported 2024-09-19 that As of Sept. 19, 2024, three stocks in the consumer staples sector could be flashing a real warning to investors who value momentum as a key criteria in their trading decisions.
USFD’s Market Performance
USFD’s stock has risen by 2.40% in the past week, with a monthly rise of 6.69% and a quarterly rise of 16.36%. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.97% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.62% for US Foods Holding Corp The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 4.79% for USFD stock, with a simple moving average of 20.27% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of USFD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for USFD stocks, with UBS repeating the rating for USFD by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for USFD in the upcoming period, according to UBS is $64 based on the research report published on February 20, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Piper Sandler, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see USFD reach a price target of $59, previously predicting the price at $45. The rating they have provided for USFD stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on February 20th, 2024.
Piper Sandler gave a rating of “Neutral” to USFD, setting the target price at $45 in the report published on November 21st of the previous year.
USFD Trading at 10.75% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought USFD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 0.05% of gains for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.62%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 0.97%, as shares surge +6.43% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +16.51% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, USFD rose by +2.40%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +39.56% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $59.71. In addition, US Foods Holding Corp saw 37.35% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at USFD starting from Locascio Dirk J., who sale 10,000 shares at the price of $57.95 back on Sep 12 ’24. After this action, Locascio Dirk J. now owns 88,563 shares of US Foods Holding Corp, valued at $579,500 using the latest closing price.
Locascio Dirk J., the Officer of US Foods Holding Corp, proposed sale 10,000 shares at $57.95 during a trade that took place back on Sep 12 ’24, which means that Locascio Dirk J. is holding shares at $579,500 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for USFD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.17 for the gross margin
The net margin for US Foods Holding Corp stands at 0.01. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 10.86, with 3.91 for asset returns.
Based on US Foods Holding Corp (USFD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.49 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.23. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.98. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.32.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.43 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.0. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.54. The receivables turnover for the company is 16.48for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 2.68. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.29.
Conclusion
To sum up, US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
