Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM
$64.47 -0.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $6.01B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.1%).
- The shares trade at 12.4× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 16%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 16%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginTop 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
- Interest coverTop 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 50%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 35%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 22%
- 6-month returnBottom 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 2%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 44%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 28%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 10.2% | 7.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 16.9% | 7.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 37.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 7.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 3.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.2% | 10.2% | ↓ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.4% | 16.9% | ↓ | Top 41% |
| Gross margin | 37.4% | 38.1% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 7.6% | ↓ | Top 45% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 5.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.9% | 6.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.5% | — | Top 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.2% | — | Top 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.34×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.88×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 311.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.47%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.47%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $88.60
- Target vs current price
- +37.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 43
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 47%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +2.2% | +1.8% | +10.7% | +10.5% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +2.4% | +0.6% | +11.3% | +25.4% | +5.9% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +3.4% | +0.3% | +9.0% | +24.6% | +28.5% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +4.3% | -2.1% | -21.6% | -24.2% | -32.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +9.8% | +0.7% | -4.9% | -8.1% | -31.1% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +16.8% | -0.8% | -1.7% | -1.8% | -6.5% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +9.7% | -3.5% | -14.1% | -20.0% | -8.3% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +18.2% | -0.7% | +13.7% | +28.1% | +27.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.37 | $1.34 | +2.2% | $2.33B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.71 | $1.67 | +2.4% | $2.33B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.89 | +3.4% | $2.15B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.22 | $1.17 | +4.3% | $2.20B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.23 | +9.8% | $2.22B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.81 | $1.55 | +16.8% | $2.24B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.79 | $0.72 | +9.7% | $2.00B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.91 | $0.77 | +18.2% | $1.95B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 12.4× | 15.2× | 14th | Top 10% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.9× | — | — | Top 17% |
| EV / Sales | 0.88× | — | — | Top 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.91% | — | — | Top 50% |
| Earnings yield | 8.10% | — | — | Top 10% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.8× – 45.2× since Jul 4, 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
- -39.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +7.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -53.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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)
- -5.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.2%
- RSI (14)
- 34.3
- Relative volume
- 0.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 78th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.53
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.18
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -43.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2025 | Sep 25, 2026 | -65.2% | 331 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 8, 2022 | May 18, 2022 | -33.9% | 27 days | 197 days (Mar 2, 2023) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | -25.1% | 15 days | 58 days (Jun 2, 2025) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | -25.0% | 96 days | 42 days (Dec 28, 2021) |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | -17.7% | 21 days | 18 days (Jan 29, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.01B
- P/E (TTM)
- 12.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.22
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.00B
- 52-week range
- $61.88 – $114.34
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.10B | $6.40B | $6.84B | $7.72B | $8.81B |
| Gross profit | $2.22B | $2.36B | $2.54B | $2.96B | $3.27B |
| Operating income | $334.1M | $358.4M | $350.2M | $504.5M | $691.1M |
| Net income | $244.2M | $261.2M | $258.9M | $380.6M | $523.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.10 | $2.39 | $2.50 | $3.75 | $5.31 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.95B | $2.00B | $2.24B | $2.22B | $2.20B | $2.15B | $2.33B | $2.33B |
| Net income | $91.6M | $79.6M | $180.0M | $133.7M | $120.1M | $89.8M | $163.7M | $129.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.91 | $0.79 | $1.81 | $1.35 | $1.22 | $0.92 | $1.71 | $1.37 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $364.8M | $371.3M | $465.1M | $645.2M | $716.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$102.4M | -$124.0M | -$225.3M | -$230.4M | -$248.3M |
| Free cash flow | $262.4M | $247.3M | $239.8M | $414.8M | $467.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$188.3M | -$200.0M | -$203.5M | -$228.5M | -$469.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $223.9M
- Total assets
- $4.33B
- Total liabilities
- $2.83B
- Total debt
- $2.11B
- Net debt
- $1.88B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.50B
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,641,269
- Days to cover
- 6.10
- Change vs previous report
- +7.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.