Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM)

• Market cap: $14.3B
• 1 day: -15.59%
• 5 days: -18.74%
• 1 month: -2.50%
• 3 months: -1.76%
• 6 months: 46.38%
• Year to date: 7.79%
• 1 year: 172.32%
• 5 years: 696.66%
• 10 years: 286.93%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Grocery Stores

About: Sprouts Farmers Market Inc offers a unique specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspire wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment of better-for-you products paired with purpose-driven people. The company continues to bring the latest in wholesome, innovative products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based, and gluten-free. It approximately has 407 stores in 23 states. It is one of the largest and fastest-growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural and organic food in the United States.

Employees: 31,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

154% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 127 | Existing positions closed: 50

14% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q3] → 16 (+2) [Q4]

10% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $11B [Q3] → $12B (+$1.08B) [Q4]

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 593 [Q3] → 651 (+58) [Q4]

4.45% less ownership

Funds ownership: 99.28% [Q3] → 94.83% (-4.45%) [Q4]

12% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 214 | Existing positions reduced: 244

26% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $122M | Put options by funds: $166M

Research analyst outlook

7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $146 2% upside
• Avg. target: $177 23% upside
• High target: $200 40% upside

7 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 43%
• neutral: 4 57%
• negative: 0 0%

BMO Capital Kelly Bania 75% 1-year accuracy 15 / 20 met price target	26% upside $180	Market Perform Maintained	21 Feb 2025
Goldman Sachs Kate McShane 61% 1-year accuracy 22 / 36 met price target	40% upside $200	Buy Maintained	21 Feb 2025
Roth MKM Bill Kirk 41% 1-year accuracy 7 / 17 met price target	2% upside $146	Neutral Maintained	21 Feb 2025
Wells Fargo Edward Kelly 65% 1-year accuracy 22 / 34 met price target	19% upside $170	Equal-Weight Maintained	21 Feb 2025
UBS Mark Carden 70% 1-year accuracy 7 / 10 met price target	36% upside $195	Neutral Maintained	19 Feb 2025