Stephens Inc. AR Has $375,000 Stock Position in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD)

Stephens Inc. AR decreased its stake in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) by 7.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,554 shares of the company’s stock after selling 463 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in US Foods were worth $375,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Retirement Systems of Alabama raised its holdings in shares of US Foods by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 348,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,462,000 after purchasing an additional 17,897 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its stake in US Foods by 4.7% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,045,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $433,299,000 after buying an additional 316,061 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of US Foods by 121.6% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 51,452 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,164,000 after buying an additional 28,232 shares during the last quarter. Jag Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of US Foods by 3,175.1% during the 3rd quarter. Jag Capital Management LLC now owns 169,227 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,407,000 after acquiring an additional 164,060 shares during the period. Finally, Venturi Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of US Foods by 72.0% during the 3rd quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 657 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on USFD shares. Barclays raised their price target on US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of US Foods from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of US Foods from $77.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Melius Research upgraded US Foods to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price target on US Foods from $78.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $70.17.

US Foods Stock Performance

NYSE:USFD opened at $71.25 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.19. US Foods Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $45.24 and a fifty-two week high of $73.00. The company has a market cap of $16.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.58, a PEG ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.67. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.02 and a 200-day moving average price of $64.11.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by ($0.01). US Foods had a return on equity of 14.15% and a net margin of 1.54%. The firm had revenue of $9.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.47 billion. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 2.94 EPS 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.