Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.520-4.680 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.270. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.5 billion-$8.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.5 billion. Sprouts Farmers Market also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.510-1.550 EPS.

Sprouts Farmers Market Price Performance

NASDAQ:SFM opened at $169.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 0.59. The firm has a market cap of $16.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $148.20 and a 200-day moving average price of $129.27. Sprouts Farmers Market has a 1-year low of $52.24 and a 1-year high of $178.99.

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.07. Sprouts Farmers Market had a net margin of 4.73% and a return on equity of 28.24%. Equities research analysts forecast that Sprouts Farmers Market will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SFM has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $132.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $127.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $134.50.

Insider Activity

In other Sprouts Farmers Market news, Director Douglas Gregory Rauch sold 700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.89, for a total value of $104,223.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 10,874 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,619,029.86. This represents a 6.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Joseph D. O’leary sold 350 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.11, for a total transaction of $52,538.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 17,991 shares in the company, valued at $2,700,629.01. The trade was a 1.91 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 42,614 shares of company stock valued at $6,323,731. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Sprouts Farmers Market Company Profile

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of fresh, natural, and organic food products under the Sprouts brand in the United States. It offers perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat and meat alternatives, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care.