Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
HF Foods Group Inc. HFFG
$1.63 -1.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $87.2M
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 178.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -40.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 55.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 21%
- Gross marginBottom 18%
- Operating marginBottom 19%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverBottom 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 18%
- 6-month returnBottom 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 17%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 38%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.2% | 2.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 16.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -3.0% | 0.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | -0.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.8% | 3.2% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Gross margin | 16.0% | 17.1% | ↓ | Bottom 18% |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | -3.0% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Net margin | -2.8% | -4.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.3% | 1.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | — | Bottom 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.6% | — | Bottom 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +20.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 178.93×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.32%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.32%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $5.00
- Target vs current price
- +206.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +100.0% | +0.0% | +17.9% | +13.5% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +0.0% | +0.5% | +6.9% | -1.6% | -22.8% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -50.0% | -3.8% | -11.7% | +1.9% | -13.6% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -33.3% | -1.7% | -5.9% | +12.6% | -31.9% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +9.1% | +3.4% | +12.9% | +3.7% | -27.1% |
| May 12, 2025 | -46.2% | -5.3% | -3.2% | -16.6% | -34.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | +22.2% | -2.3% | +68.4% | +142.5% | +110.9% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -64.3% | -0.9% | -3.7% | +9.4% | -24.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.06 | +100.0% | $323.8M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.06 | +0.0% | $312.0M |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.10 | -50.0% | $308.0M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.12 | -33.3% | $305.8M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.11 | +9.1% | $314.9M |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.13 | -46.2% | $297.5M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.09 | +22.2% | $305.3M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.05 | $0.14 | -64.3% | $297.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 8.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 261.1× | — | — | Bottom 14% |
| EV / Sales | 0.22× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.98% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
| Earnings yield | -39.88% | — | — | Bottom 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.1× – 55.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -12.5%
- RSI (14)
- 47.6
- Relative volume
- 0.72×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 20th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.80
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -75.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2022 | Jun 30, 2026 | -85.4% | 1124 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Aug 4, 2021 | -40.6% | 164 days | 105 days (Jan 3, 2022) |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.3% | 4 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -12.1% | 3 days | 8 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $87.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.65
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.25B
- 52-week range
- $1.38 – $2.83
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $796.9M | $1.17B | $1.15B | $1.20B | $1.23B |
| Gross profit | $151.5M | $205.5M | $204.0M | $205.2M | $207.6M |
| Operating income | $29.5M | $10.6M | $9.0M | -$39.1M | $5.8M |
| Net income | $22.1M | $460,000 | -$2.2M | -$48.5M | -$38.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.43 | $0.01 | -$0.04 | -$0.92 | -$0.73 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $297.6M | $305.3M | $297.5M | $314.9M | $305.8M | $308.0M | $312.0M | $323.8M |
| Net income | -$3.9M | -$43.9M | -$1.6M | $1.2M | -$1.1M | -$37.3M | $1.2M | $2.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.83 | -$0.03 | $0.02 | -$0.02 | -$0.70 | $0.02 | $0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $17.5M | $35.4M | -$1.6M | $22.6M | $25.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.2M | -$6.3M | -$3.5M | -$12.5M | -$18.9M |
| Free cash flow | $15.3M | $29.1M | -$5.2M | $10.1M | $6.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$338,000 | -$187,000 | -$884,000 | -$500,000 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $18.1M
- Total assets
- $556.6M
- Total liabilities
- $348.8M
- Total debt
- $207.9M
- Net debt
- $189.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $206.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 176,409
- Days to cover
- 3.25
- Change vs previous report
- -8.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.