Roth Capital Has Strong Estimate for UNFI FY2025 Earnings

United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE:UNFI) – Roth Capital upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of United Natural Foods in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 11th. Roth Capital analyst W. Kirk now expects that the company will earn $0.86 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $0.77. The consensus estimate for United Natural Foods’ current full-year earnings is $0.76 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for United Natural Foods’ Q4 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS.

United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.04. United Natural Foods had a positive return on equity of 1.27% and a negative net margin of 0.30%. The business had revenue of $8.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.96 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.07 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Roth Mkm lifted their target price on shares of United Natural Foods from $20.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on United Natural Foods from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on United Natural Foods from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Guggenheim restated a “neutral” rating on shares of United Natural Foods in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, CL King upgraded shares of United Natural Foods from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $33.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $27.50.

United Natural Foods Stock Down 3.0 %

Shares of NYSE:UNFI opened at $26.61 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion, a PE ratio of -16.95 and a beta of 0.56. United Natural Foods has a twelve month low of $8.58 and a twelve month high of $34.76. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.39.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On United Natural Foods

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of UNFI. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its stake in United Natural Foods by 207.0% during the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,357,212 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,065,000 after purchasing an additional 915,177 shares during the last quarter. Senvest Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of United Natural Foods in the 4th quarter valued at about $18,161,000. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in shares of United Natural Foods by 28.1% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,018,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,118,000 after buying an additional 442,574 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in United Natural Foods by 162.7% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 587,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,050,000 after acquiring an additional 363,962 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in United Natural Foods by 9.8% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,531,673 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,450,000 after acquiring an additional 314,587 shares during the last quarter. 87.63% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About United Natural Foods

United Natural Foods, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, distributes natural, organic, specialty, produce, and conventional grocery and non-food products in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Wholesale and Retail. The company offers grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, wellness and personal care items, and bulk and foodservice products.