Investing In Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM): Why Should You?

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Stocks Info

The company is listed on the NASDAQ and operates within the Grocery Stores industry segment. The current market capitalization of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc is $13.80B. A total of 1.46 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.34M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Sinclair Jack sold 5,714 shares of SFM for 138.99 per share on Dec 17 ’24. After the transaction, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 158,148 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 18 ’24, Sinclair Jack sold 5,714 shares at 136.87 per share. SFM shares that Chief Executive Officer owns now total 152,434.

Among the insiders who bought shares, Jack Sinclair acquired of 11,428 shares on Dec 17 ’24 at a per-share price of $138.60. In another insider transaction, Rauch Douglas Gregory sold 700 shares at $148.89 per share on Dec 11 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 10,874.

It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SFM has a high of $155.64 and a low of $48.73.

As of this writing, SFM has an earnings estimate of $0.72 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 15.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.76 per share and a lower estimate of $0.69.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. SFM’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $245.29M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.51B in debt and $513.47M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $13.43, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $959.88M.

Analysts Opinion

There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SFM is Buy with a score of 3.43.

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