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

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) issued its quarterly earnings results 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 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 Price Performance

USFD traded up $0.03 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $69.94. 3,522,047 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,822,154. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01. US Foods has a one year low of $45.24 and a one year high of $73.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $69.06 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $63.87.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Truist Financial lifted their target price on US Foods from $74.00 to $78.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Melius Research raised shares of US Foods to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of US Foods from $67.00 to $77.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of US Foods from $61.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on US Foods from $68.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. One 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $68.92.

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.