US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -0.28 compared to its previous closing price of 67.01. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.55% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2024-11-07 that U.S. Foods Holding Corp (NYSE:USFD ) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript November 7, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Mike Neese – Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Dave Flitman – Chief Executive Officer Dirk Locascio – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Office Conference Call Participants Brian Harbour – Morgan Stanley Lauren Silberman – Deutsche Bank John Heinbockel – Guggenheim Securities Kelly Bania – BMO Capital Markets Mark Carden – UBS Jeffrey Bernstein – Barclays Edward Kelly – Wells Fargo Jake Bartlett – Truist Securities Peter Saleh – BTIG Andrew Wolf – CL King & Associates John Ivankoe – JP Morgan Operator Thank you for standing by. My name is Roschelle, and I will be your conference operator today.
Is It Worth Investing in US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) Right Now?
US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.71x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for USFD is 1.67. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 rating it as “overweight,” 5 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
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The public float for USFD is 231.44M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.58% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of USFD on November 14, 2024 was 1.87M shares.
USFD’s Market Performance
The stock of US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) has seen a 1.55% increase in the past week, with a 6.84% rise in the past month, and a 17.21% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.76%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.79% for USFD. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 5.70% for USFD’s stock, with a simple moving average of 21.66% 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 8.25% 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 unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.74% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.79%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.76%, as shares surge +7.31% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +14.18% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, USFD rose by +1.55%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +42.93% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $63.22. In addition, US Foods Holding Corp saw 47.15% 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 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.11. Equity return is now at value 12.37, with 4.30 for asset returns.
Based on US Foods Holding Corp (USFD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.51 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 1.04. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.54.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.4 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.25. 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 18.07for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 2.77. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.19.
Conclusion
In conclusion, US Foods Holding Corp (USFD) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it 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.
