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United Natural Foods (United Natural Foods) PS Ratio

: 0.02 (As of Today)
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The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, United Natural Foods's share price is $9.27. United Natural Foods's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $507.86. Hence, United Natural Foods's PS Ratio for today is 0.02.

Good Sign:

United Natural Foods Inc stock PS Ratio (=0.02) is close to 3-year low of 0.02

The historical rank and industry rank for United Natural Foods's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

UNFI' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.13   Max: 0.61
Current: 0.02

During the past 13 years, United Natural Foods's highest PS Ratio was 0.61. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.13.

UNFI's PS Ratio is ranked better than
99.67% of 306 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.43 vs UNFI: 0.02

United Natural Foods's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $130.89. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $507.86.

Warning Sign:

United Natural Foods Inc revenue growth has slowed down over the past 12 months.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of United Natural Foods was 4.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 14.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 17.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, United Natural Foods's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 39.30% per year. The lowest was -3.60% per year. And the median was 11.90% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


United Natural Foods PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Natural Foods's PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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United Natural Foods Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
PS Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.09 0.04

United Natural Foods Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
PS Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.09 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.03

Competitive Comparison

For the Food Distribution subindustry, United Natural Foods's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


United Natural Foods PS Ratio Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, United Natural Foods's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Natural Foods's PS Ratio falls into.



United Natural Foods PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

United Natural Foods's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=9.27/507.864
=0.02

United Natural Foods's Share Price of today is $9.27.
United Natural Foods's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $507.86.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


United Natural Foods  (NYSE:UNFI) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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United Natural Foods (United Natural Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
313 Iron Horse Way, Providence, RI, USA, 02908
United Natural Foods Inc is a wholesale distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and nonfood products across North America. The company's products consist of national, regional and private label brands grouped into grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, nutritional supplements and sports nutrition, bulk and foodservice products, and personal care items. United Natural Foods serves various retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product superstores, independent retail operators and foodservice channels such as e-commerce platforms. The company's operations are comprised of principal divisions: the wholesale division; the retail division; and other.
Executives
Andre Persaud officer: President and CEO, Retail 30 HUNTER LANE, CAMP HILL PA 17011
Bates Ann Torre director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
John W Howard officer: Interim CFO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Douglas J Alexander Jr director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3925 BROOKSIDE PARKWAY, ALPHARETTA GA 30022
Lynn S. Blake director 250 WEST 34TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR, C/O WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC., NEW YORK NY 10119
James M Loree director 1000 STANLEY DRIVE, NEW BRITAIN CT 06053
James C Pappas director 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027
Erin Horvath officer: COO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, C/O IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Danielle Benedict officer: SVP, Human Resources 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Christopher P. Testa officer: President, Blue Marble Brands C/O UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC., 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Richard Eric Esper officer: Chief Accounting Officer 8501 WILLIAMS ROAD, ESTERO FL 33928
Mahrukh Hussain officer: General Counsel and Corp. Sec. 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Louis Anthony Martin officer: CSTO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Matthew T Echols officer: CCAO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Mohammad Shamim director 12800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND VA 23238

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