Aurora Investment Counsel lowered its stake in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD – Free Report) by 0.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 25,365 shares of the company’s stock after selling 232 shares during the quarter. Aurora Investment Counsel’s holdings in US Foods were worth $1,711,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in USFD. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in US Foods during the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of US Foods by 59.5% during the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 178 shares during the last quarter. Huntington National Bank boosted its holdings in shares of US Foods by 332.5% during the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 532 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 409 shares during the period. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of US Foods in the fourth quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in US Foods by 54.2% during the 3rd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 202 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.76% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other US Foods news, Director David W. Bullock acquired 4,000 shares of US Foods stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $71.06 per share, for a total transaction of $284,240.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 4,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $319,770. This represents a 800.00 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
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US Foods Stock Down 2.5 %
Shares of NYSE:USFD opened at $63.61 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $65.88. US Foods Holding Corp. has a 12-month low of $49.65 and a 12-month high of $73.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.49, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.65.
US Foods (NYSE:USFD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by ($0.01). The firm 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 15.03% and a net margin of 1.30%. On average, research analysts anticipate that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
US Foods 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.
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