Aurora Investment Counsel Sells 2,429 Shares of US Foods Holding Corp. $USFD

Aurora Investment Counsel trimmed its stake in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) by 10.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 21,395 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,429 shares during the period. Aurora Investment Counsel’s holdings in US Foods were worth $1,648,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. OMNI 360 Wealth Inc. acquired a new position in US Foods during the 2nd quarter worth $276,000. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of US Foods by 14.5% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 9,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $622,000 after acquiring an additional 1,200 shares during the period. Allianz Asset Management GmbH boosted its holdings in US Foods by 152.6% in the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 104,768 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,858,000 after acquiring an additional 63,288 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. bought a new position in US Foods in the first quarter valued at about $91,087,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in US Foods by 16.0% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $226,000 after purchasing an additional 478 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

US Foods Stock Performance

Shares of US Foods stock opened at $76.28 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.23 and its 200 day simple moving average is $75.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02. The company has a market capitalization of $17.18 billion, a PE ratio of 32.60, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.36. US Foods Holding Corp. has a 12 month low of $57.36 and a 12 month high of $85.11.

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.05. US Foods had a return on equity of 16.86% and a net margin of 1.43%.The business had revenue of $10.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.17 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. US Foods’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. US Foods has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.764-3.874 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that US Foods Holding Corp. will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

USFD has been the topic of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of US Foods in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of US Foods from $82.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 25th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of US Foods from $84.00 to $96.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Guggenheim upped their target price on shares of US Foods from $80.00 to $88.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded US Foods from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, US Foods presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $81.27.

US Foods Company 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.