Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. vs UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where SFM and UNFI diverge most: on revenue growth, SFM reads +7.4% and UNFI reads -3.2%; on net margin, SFM reads 5.6% and UNFI reads -0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SFM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What UNFI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | SFM | UNFI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $72.76 | $44.48 |
| Market cap | $6.9B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +5.6% |
| P/E | 13.9 | — |
| P/B | 4.58 | 1.68 |
| P/S | 0.76 | 0.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.9 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +7.4% | -3.2% |
| Gross margin | 38.7% | 13.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 0.8% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | -0.1% |
| Return on equity | 33.5% | -2.4% |
| Return on assets | 11.6% | -0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 33.1% | 1.5% |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | 12.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.04 |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.87 | 5.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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