US Foods Holding Corp [NYSE: USFD] gained 4.62% or 2.42 points to close at $54.80 with a heavy trading volume of 3103501 shares.
The daily chart for USFD points out that the company has recorded 31.57% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 1.77M shares, USFD reached to a volume of 3103501 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about US Foods Holding Corp [USFD]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for USFD shares is $58.89 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on USFD stock is a recommendation set at 1.44. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
UBS have made an estimate for US Foods Holding Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on February 20, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Piper Sandler raised their target price from $45 to $59. The new note on the price target was released on February 20, 2024, representing the official price target for US Foods Holding Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $45, while Piper Sandler analysts kept a Neutral rating on USFD stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for US Foods Holding Corp is set at 1.32, with the Price to Sales ratio for USFD stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.38. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.83, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.10. Price to Free Cash Flow for USFD in the course of the last twelve months was 16.15 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.78.
Trading performance analysis for USFD stock
US Foods Holding Corp [USFD] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.45. With this latest performance, USFD shares gained by 6.12% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 31.57% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 42.52% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for USFD stock in for the last two-week period is set at 66.89, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 73.72, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 63.08 for US Foods Holding Corp [USFD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 52.18, while it was recorded at 52.69 for the last single week of trading, and 45.06 for the last 200 days.
US Foods Holding Corp [USFD]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
US Foods Holding Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.78 and a Current Ratio set at 1.30.
US Foods Holding Corp [USFD]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for USFD. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for US Foods Holding Corp go to 18.65%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at US Foods Holding Corp [USFD]
The top three institutional holders of USFD stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in USFD stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in USFD stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.
