Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.510-1.550 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.310. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Sprouts Farmers Market also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.520-4.680 EPS.

Sprouts Farmers Market Trading Down 3.5 %

Sprouts Farmers Market stock opened at $169.80 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $16.98 billion, a PE ratio of 49.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.63. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $148.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $129.27. Sprouts Farmers Market has a 52 week low of $52.24 and a 52 week high of $178.99. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.07. Sprouts Farmers Market had a return on equity of 28.24% and a net margin of 4.73%. Equities research analysts predict that Sprouts Farmers Market will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SFM has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on Sprouts Farmers Market from $102.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $132.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $127.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Sprouts Farmers Market from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $134.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sprouts Farmers Market

In other news, Director Joseph D. O’leary sold 350 shares of Sprouts Farmers Market stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.11, for a total transaction of $52,538.50. Following the sale, the director now owns 17,991 shares in the company, valued at $2,700,629.01. This trade represents a 1.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Douglas Gregory Rauch sold 700 shares of Sprouts Farmers Market stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.89, for a total transaction of $104,223.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 10,874 shares in the company, valued at $1,619,029.86. This represents a 6.05 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 42,614 shares of company stock valued at $6,323,731 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

About Sprouts Farmers Market

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of fresh, natural, and organic food products under the Sprouts brand in the United States. It offers perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat and meat alternatives, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care.