United Natural Foods (UNFI)

• Market cap: $1.94B
• 1 day: 3.35%
• 5 days: -0.43%
• 1 month: 11.14%
• 3 months: 29.98%
• 6 months: 130.82%
• Year to date: 17.54%
• 1 year: 108.29%
• 5 years: 372.05%
• 10 years: -60.91%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Groceries, General Line

About: United Natural Foods Inc is a wholesale distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and nonfood products across North America. The company's products consist of national, regional and private label brands grouped into grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, nutritional supplements and sports nutrition, bulk and foodservice products, and personal care items. United Natural Foods serves various retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product superstores, independent retail operators and foodservice channels such as e-commerce platforms. The company's operations are comprised of principal divisions: the wholesale division; the retail division; and other.

Employees: 28,333

Fund manager confidence

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

118% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $24.7M | Put options by funds: $11.3M

88% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 64 | Existing positions closed: 34

75% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 7 (+3) [Q4]

66% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $886M [Q3] → $1.47B (+$589M) [Q4]

22% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 83 | Existing positions reduced: 68

12% more funds holding

Funds holding: 231 [Q3] → 258 (+27) [Q4]

1.59% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.51% [Q3] → 90.1% (+1.59%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $25 23% downside
• Avg. target: $28 14% downside
• High target: $32 1% downside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 3 75%
• negative: 1 25%

Goldman Sachs Leah Jordan 70% 1-year accuracy 7 / 10 met price target	14% downside $28	Neutral Maintained	13 Feb 2025
Wells Fargo Edward Kelly 59% 1-year accuracy 20 / 34 met price target	23% downside $25	Underweight Maintained	10 Jan 2025
Roth MKM Bill Kirk 41% 1-year accuracy 7 / 17 met price target	20% downside $26	Neutral Maintained	12 Dec 2024
BMO Capital Kelly Bania 75% 1-year accuracy 15 / 20 met price target	1% downside $32	Market Perform Maintained	11 Dec 2024