Roth Capital Has Pessimistic View of SFM FY2025 Earnings

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) – Research analysts at Roth Capital decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Sprouts Farmers Market in a report issued on Thursday, October 30th. Roth Capital analyst W. Kirk now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $5.29 for the year, down from their previous forecast of $5.34. Roth Capital has a “Neutral” rating and a $91.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Sprouts Farmers Market’s current full-year earnings is $4.29 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Sprouts Farmers Market’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.05. Sprouts Farmers Market had a return on equity of 38.83% and a net margin of 5.93%.The business had revenue of $2.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.23 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.91 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.1% on a year-over-year basis. Sprouts Farmers Market has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.240-5.280 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 0.860-0.900 EPS.

SFM has been the subject of several other reports. Jefferies Financial Group raised Sprouts Farmers Market from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $190.00 target price for the company in a report on Friday, August 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Sprouts Farmers Market from $148.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research downgraded Sprouts Farmers Market from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Wall Street Zen downgraded Sprouts Farmers Market from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Bank of America reduced their target price on Sprouts Farmers Market from $200.00 to $160.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $137.86.

Sprouts Farmers Market Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of SFM stock opened at $83.69 on Monday. Sprouts Farmers Market has a fifty-two week low of $75.75 and a fifty-two week high of $182.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.19, a P/E/G ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 0.77. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $115.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $145.32.

Sprouts Farmers Market announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, August 19th that permits the company to buyback $0.00 in shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Transactions at Sprouts Farmers Market

In related news, Director Joe Fortunato sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $147.57, for a total value of $1,475,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,164 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,680,461.48. This represents a 35.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CTO James H. Bahrenburg sold 4,292 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.06, for a total value of $588,261.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 9,167 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,256,429.02. This represents a 31.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 31,447 shares of company stock worth $4,276,512. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sprouts Farmers Market

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SFM. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of Sprouts Farmers Market by 137.0% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,584,923 shares of the company’s stock worth $425,582,000 after purchasing an additional 1,494,014 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Sprouts Farmers Market during the 2nd quarter worth about $198,080,000. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in shares of Sprouts Farmers Market by 300.3% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,037,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $158,316,000 after purchasing an additional 778,079 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its stake in shares of Sprouts Farmers Market by 157.3% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 1,248,891 shares of the company’s stock worth $205,617,000 after purchasing an additional 763,422 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Sprouts Farmers Market by 52.8% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,131,607 shares of the company’s stock worth $350,948,000 after purchasing an additional 737,008 shares in the last quarter.

Sprouts Farmers Market Company Profile

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.