Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
Performance Food Group Co PFGC
$92.58 -1.35% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $14.74B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $67.84B, up 7.2% from a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.29, up 5.5% year over year.
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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 33%
- Gross marginBottom 10%
- Operating marginBottom 23%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Interest coverBottom 28%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 48%
- 6-month returnTop 23%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.4% | 7.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -12.5% | 5.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 11.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 1.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.1% | 1.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.2% | 8.4% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.5% | -12.5% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 11.7% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 1.3% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.5% | 1.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.7% | — | Bottom 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.8% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.49×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.28%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.28%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- 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 27, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -1.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $127.33
- Target vs current price
- +37.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 26
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 92%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -0.6% | -5.7% | -8.3% | -16.1% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +3.2% | +6.7% | +9.1% | +10.8% | +31.3% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -8.4% | -7.4% | -7.3% | -6.5% | -6.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +1.7% | -1.2% | +0.1% | -4.2% | -2.0% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | +6.2% | +3.0% | +1.0% | +6.0% | -2.9% |
| May 7, 2025 | -9.1% | +2.3% | +7.8% | +8.2% | +24.0% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | -5.8% | -2.6% | -7.3% | -10.1% | -10.4% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -4.9% | +6.4% | +4.6% | +8.8% | +10.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | $1.59 | $1.60 | -0.6% | $18.03B |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.80 | $0.78 | +3.2% | $16.29B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.98 | $1.07 | -8.4% | $16.44B |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $1.18 | $1.16 | +1.7% | $17.08B |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.46 | +6.2% | $16.94B |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.79 | $0.87 | -9.1% | $15.31B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.98 | $1.04 | -5.8% | $15.64B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $1.16 | $1.22 | -4.9% | $15.42B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 40.4× | 40.9× | 48th | Bottom 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.1× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| EV / Sales | 0.33× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.98% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 2.47% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.2× – 206.7× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -9.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +5.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +0.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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)
- -7.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.4%
- RSI (14)
- 41.2
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 47th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -25.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | May 24, 2022 | -35.0% | 303 days | 131 days (Nov 30, 2022) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Mar 20, 2026 | -25.5% | 127 days | 67 days (Jun 26, 2026) |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -23.7% | 33 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | -21.2% | 46 days | 65 days (Jul 11, 2025) |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | -20.5% | 87 days | 53 days (Sep 23, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $14.74B
- P/E (TTM)
- 40.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $67.84B
- 52-week range
- $80.82 – $117.48
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $50.89B | $57.25B | $58.28B | $63.30B | $67.84B |
| Gross profit | $5.26B | $6.25B | $6.58B | $7.42B | $8.09B |
| Operating income | $327.4M | $765.8M | $826.4M | $816.3M | $887.5M |
| Net income | $112.5M | $397.2M | $435.9M | $340.2M | $359.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.74 | $2.54 | $2.79 | $2.18 | $2.29 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.42B | $15.64B | $15.31B | $16.94B | $17.08B | $16.44B | $16.29B | $18.03B |
| Net income | $108.0M | $42.4M | $58.3M | $131.5M | $93.6M | $61.7M | $41.7M | $162.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.69 | $0.27 | $0.37 | $0.84 | $0.60 | $0.39 | $0.27 | $1.03 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $276.5M | $832.1M | $1.16B | $1.21B | $1.41B |
| Capital expenditure | -$215.5M | -$269.7M | -$395.6M | -$506.0M | -$384.1M |
| Free cash flow | $61.0M | $562.4M | $767.4M | $704.1M | $1.03B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$11.4M | $7.0M | -$99.6M | -$76.4M | $41.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $92.4M
- Total assets
- $18.85B
- Total liabilities
- $13.95B
- Total debt
- $7.78B
- Net debt
- $7.69B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.90B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,895,133
- Days to cover
- 3.45
- Change vs previous report
- +14.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.