Weekly Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM) in the last few weeks:

• 3/17/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $190.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $163.00.
• 3/11/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $185.00 to $180.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/11/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $131.00 to $136.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/28/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market was upgraded by analysts at Northcoast Research from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $185.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/25/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $119.00 to $139.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at Roth Mkm from $105.00 to $146.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $140.00 to $180.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $140.00 to $170.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/21/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/21/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $174.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/19/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $132.00 to $195.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $165.00 to $185.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – Sprouts Farmers Market had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $130.00 to $140.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

Sprouts Farmers Market Price Performance

Sprouts Farmers Market stock traded down $0.21 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $140.62. The company had a trading volume of 489,249 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,310,432. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $60.46 and a fifty-two week high of $178.99. The company has a market cap of $13.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.40, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.67. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $150.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $135.21.

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.07. Sprouts Farmers Market had a return on equity of 29.86% and a net margin of 4.93%. The firm had revenue of $2 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.96 billion. On average, equities research analysts predict that Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. will post 4.29 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Sprouts Farmers Market

In other Sprouts Farmers Market news, insider Timmi Zalatoris sold 1,065 shares of Sprouts Farmers Market stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.97, for a total value of $143,743.05. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 9,830 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,326,755.10. The trade was a 9.78 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jack Sinclair sold 2,935 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $138.74, for a total value of $407,201.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 149,499 shares in the company, valued at $20,741,491.26. The trade was a 1.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 79,653 shares of company stock worth $11,080,042. Company insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Unified Investment Management bought a new stake in Sprouts Farmers Market in the fourth quarter valued at $1,161,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Sprouts Farmers Market by 13.1% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,349,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,020,000 after buying an additional 156,175 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Sprouts Farmers Market during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $13,348,000. First Hawaiian Bank bought a new position in Sprouts Farmers Market in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,517,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Sprouts Farmers Market by 5.1% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 983,257 shares of the company’s stock valued at $108,561,000 after acquiring an additional 48,103 shares during the period.

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of fresh, natural, and organic food products under the Sprouts brand in the United States. It offers perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat and meat alternatives, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care.