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

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.520-4.680 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Bank of America boosted 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. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted 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. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $132.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Sprouts Farmers Market currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $134.50.

Sprouts Farmers Market Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SFM traded down $6.17 on Thursday, hitting $169.80. The company had a trading volume of 2,307,004 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,338,073. Sprouts Farmers Market has a 1-year low of $52.24 and a 1-year high of $178.99. The stock has a market cap of $16.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 0.63. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $147.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $128.99. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.79 EPS 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%. Analysts expect that Sprouts Farmers Market will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Joseph D. O'leary sold 350 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.11, for a total value of $52,538.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 17,991 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,700,629.01. The trade was a 1.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Jack Sinclair sold 30,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.24, for a total transaction of $4,477,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 163,862 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $24,454,764.88. The trade was a 15.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 42,614 shares of company stock valued at $6,323,731. 1.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Sprouts Farmers Market

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.

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