US Foods (NYSE:USFD) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.01 EPS

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by ($0.01), Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $9.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.47 billion. US Foods had a return on equity of 14.15% and a net margin of 1.54%. US Foods updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.690-3.880 EPS.

US Foods Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of USFD stock traded up $0.14 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $71.25. 3,795,466 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,682,029. The firm has a market cap of $16.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.58, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.67. US Foods has a fifty-two week low of $45.24 and a fifty-two week high of $73.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.19. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $69.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $64.04.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $68.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $61.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $78.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, US Foods presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $70.17.

US Foods Company Profile

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.