US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) Holdings Decreased by Atlas Capital Advisors Inc.

Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) by 4.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,387 shares of the company’s stock after selling 340 shares during the period. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc.’s holdings in US Foods were worth $498,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Retirement Systems of Alabama lifted its position in shares of US Foods by 5.4% in the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 348,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,462,000 after purchasing an additional 17,897 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in US Foods by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,045,514 shares of the company’s stock worth $433,299,000 after buying an additional 316,061 shares in the last quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of US Foods during the 4th quarter valued at $357,000. Longbow Finance SA purchased a new position in shares of US Foods during the 4th quarter valued at $9,001,000. Finally, Avantax Advisory Services Inc. increased its stake in shares of US Foods by 121.6% in the fourth quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 11,131 shares of the company’s stock worth $751,000 after acquiring an additional 6,108 shares during the last quarter. 98.76% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

USFD has been the subject of a number of research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on US Foods from $76.00 to $82.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Melius Research raised shares of US Foods to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of US Foods from $78.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of US Foods from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, March 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $71.09.

US Foods Stock Performance

Shares of USFD opened at $61.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.71. US Foods Holding Corp. has a one year low of $49.65 and a one year high of $73.19. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $68.23 and its 200 day moving average price is $66.59. The company has a market capitalization of $14.24 billion, a PE ratio of 30.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.38.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by ($0.01). US Foods had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 1.30%. The business had revenue of $9.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.47 billion. As a group, analysts expect that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 3.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at US Foods

In other news, Director David W. Bullock purchased 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $71.06 per share, for a total transaction of $284,240.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 4,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $319,770. The trade was a 800.00 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

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.