Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.520-4.680 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.270. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.5 billion-$8.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.5 billion. Sprouts Farmers Market also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.510-1.550 EPS.

Sprouts Farmers Market Price Performance

Shares of SFM stock traded down $6.17 on Thursday, reaching $169.80. The company had a trading volume of 2,307,004 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,338,073. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.98 billion, a PE ratio of 49.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. Sprouts Farmers Market has a one year low of $52.24 and a one year high of $178.99. The business’s 50-day moving average is $147.79 and its 200 day moving average is $128.99.

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.07. Sprouts Farmers Market had a net margin of 4.73% and a return on equity of 28.24%. Equities research analysts forecast that Sprouts Farmers Market will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SFM has been the subject of several recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Sprouts Farmers Market from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on Sprouts Farmers Market from $102.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. UBS Group upped their price objective on Sprouts Farmers Market from $132.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Sprouts Farmers Market from $155.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, StockNews.com raised Sprouts Farmers Market from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Sprouts Farmers Market currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $134.50.

Insider Transactions at Sprouts Farmers Market

In other news, Director Joseph D. O’leary sold 350 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.11, for a total value of $52,538.50. Following the transaction, the director now owns 17,991 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,700,629.01. The trade was a 1.91 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Jack Sinclair sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.24, for a total transaction of $4,477,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 163,862 shares in the company, valued at $24,454,764.88. The trade was a 15.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 42,614 shares of company stock worth $6,323,731. Company insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

About Sprouts Farmers Market

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.