Hantz Financial Services Inc. Sells 39,554 Shares of US Foods Holding Corp. $USFD

Hantz Financial Services Inc. reduced its holdings in shares of US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) by 23.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 131,307 shares of the company’s stock after selling 39,554 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. owned about 0.06% of US Foods worth $10,112,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Boston Partners raised its position in US Foods by 29.1% during the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 16,457,351 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,076,225,000 after purchasing an additional 3,713,345 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in US Foods by 3.7% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 11,836,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $774,806,000 after purchasing an additional 426,288 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in US Foods by 21.8% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 7,546,048 shares of the company’s stock valued at $493,964,000 after purchasing an additional 1,350,034 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in US Foods by 120.3% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,537,434 shares of the company’s stock valued at $162,853,000 after purchasing an additional 1,385,521 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA raised its position in US Foods by 194.6% during the 1st quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 1,941,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,084,000 after purchasing an additional 1,282,379 shares in the last quarter. 98.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

US Foods Stock Performance

Shares of USFD opened at $72.96 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $76.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.19. US Foods Holding Corp. has a one year low of $57.36 and a one year high of $85.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.17. The stock has a market cap of $16.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.36.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of US Foods in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Guggenheim lifted their price target on US Foods from $80.00 to $88.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded US Foods from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. UBS Group boosted their target price on US Foods from $84.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their target price on US Foods from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $82.42.

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.