US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) Shares Acquired by Cwm LLC

Cwm LLC increased its position in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) by 80.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,388 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,300 shares during the period. Cwm LLC’s holdings in US Foods were worth $454,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of US Foods by 3.6% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,019,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,242,336,000 after buying an additional 796,434 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners raised its position in shares of US Foods by 3.5% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 16,527,901 shares of the company’s stock worth $891,073,000 after purchasing an additional 566,277 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of US Foods by 5.1% during the second quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 10,383,374 shares of the company’s stock worth $550,111,000 after purchasing an additional 500,129 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in shares of US Foods by 46.0% in the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,550,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $347,069,000 after purchasing an additional 2,064,321 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in US Foods by 14.3% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,528,776 shares of the company’s stock worth $239,940,000 after purchasing an additional 567,601 shares in the last quarter. 98.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at US Foods

In other US Foods news, CFO Dirk J. Locascio sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.95, for a total transaction of $579,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 88,563 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,132,225.85. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on USFD. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of US Foods from $72.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 9th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of US Foods from $66.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of US Foods from $60.00 to $68.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on US Foods from $66.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Finally, StockNews.com raised US Foods from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $66.82.

US Foods Stock Performance

Shares of USFD stock opened at $62.33 on Monday. US Foods Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $36.60 and a fifty-two week high of $63.13. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $59.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $55.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The firm has a market cap of $15.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.70, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.66.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.93. The firm had revenue of $9.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.62 billion. US Foods had a return on equity of 13.43% and a net margin of 1.42%. The firm’s revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share. Analysts predict that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 2.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.