United Natural Foods, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: US9111631035
USD
50.39
0.53 (1.06%)
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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United Natural Foods, Inc.
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Davis Commodities Ltd.

Why is United Natural Foods, Inc. ?

1
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 5.03%
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 400
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 1.38% (YoY)
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 12.78 times
3
Risky -
  • The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 15.78%, its profits have risen by 403.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.1
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to United Natural Foods, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is United Natural Foods, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
United Natural Foods, Inc.
133.61%
2.42
52.56%
S&P 500
22.93%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
3.17%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-7.21%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.81
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.30
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.29
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
8.14
Tax Ratio
25.84%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
6.52%
ROE (avg)
9.90%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
19
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.82
EV to EBIT
17.76
EV to EBITDA
8.10
EV to Capital Employed
1.38
EV to Sales
0.15
PEG Ratio
0.22
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
7.75%
ROE (Latest)
9.65%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

19What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at -2.36%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 550

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.75% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 194.62 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 13.04 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 176 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 2.28 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 74 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 58.14 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 0.53

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for United Natural Foods, Inc.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 550
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 74 MM has Grown at 105.56%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 176 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 2.28 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 74 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 58.14 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 0.53
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 194.62 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 13.04 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.75% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales