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 +10.5% and UNFI reads -3.2%; on net margin, SFM reads 5.7% 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 bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | SFM | UNFI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $80.80 | $48.78 |
| Market cap | $7.7B | $3.1B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +18.3% |
| P/E | 15.5 | — |
| P/B | 5.38 | 1.91 |
| P/S | 0.87 | 0.10 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.9 | 12.7 |
| Revenue growth | +10.5% | -3.2% |
| Gross margin | 39.4% | 13.6% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 0.8% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | -0.1% |
| Return on equity | 35.4% | -2.4% |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | -0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 35.8% | 1.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 10.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.04 |
| Current ratio | 0.92 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.06 | 5.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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