Boston Partners Grows Stock Holdings in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD)

Boston Partners raised its stake in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD - Free Report) by 0.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,744,006 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 77,012 shares during the quarter. US Foods comprises about 1.0% of Boston Partners' investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. Boston Partners owned about 5.47% of US Foods worth $860,460,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in USFD. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 178 shares during the period. R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in shares of US Foods in the fourth quarter valued at about $34,000. Huntington National Bank lifted its position in shares of US Foods by 332.5% in the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 532 shares of the company's stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 409 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of US Foods by 54.2% in the third quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 575 shares of the company's stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 202 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of US Foods by 66,100.0% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 662 shares of the company's stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 661 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.76% of the company's stock.

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US Foods Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of USFD stock traded up $0.98 during trading on Friday, hitting $64.36. 5,589,674 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,889,290. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $68.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $66.13. US Foods Holding Corp. has a 52-week low of $49.65 and a 52-week high of $73.19.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on USFD. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on US Foods from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com downgraded US Foods from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday. Melius Research raised US Foods to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. UBS Group upped their target price on US Foods from $77.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on US Foods from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, December 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $71.09.

Insider Activity at US Foods

In other US Foods news, Director David W. Bullock bought 4,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $71.06 per share, for a total transaction of $284,240.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 4,500 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $319,770. This represents a 800.00 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.