US Foods (NYSE:USFD) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.01 EPS

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by ($0.01), Zacks reports. US Foods had a net margin of 1.54% and a return on equity of 14.15%. US Foods updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.690-3.880 EPS.

US Foods Price Performance

Shares of US Foods stock traded up $0.14 on Friday, hitting $71.25. The company had a trading volume of 3,795,466 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,682,029. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $69.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $64.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The company has a market cap of $16.60 billion, a PE ratio of 30.58, a PEG ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.67. US Foods has a 52 week low of $45.24 and a 52 week high of $73.00.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of US Foods from $77.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of US Foods from $76.00 to $82.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of US Foods from $68.00 to $69.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of US Foods from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $70.17.

About US Foods

US Foods Holding Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in marketing, sale, and distribution of fresh, frozen, and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers in the United States. The company's customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities, and retail locations.