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Specialty grocery chain focused on fresh, natural and organic food in a smaller-format store.
Specialty grocery chain focused on fresh, natural and organic food in a smaller-format store.
Sells everything through stores it leases and operates, with fresh produce at the centre of each layout, and own-brand items earning higher margins than the national brands it also stocks. Growth comes from opening stores in new states and from higher sales at existing stores.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Curated natural/organic assortment and smaller-format model differentiate from conventional grocers.
Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona, US · Founded: 2002 · Employees: 36,000
Size Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $4.53B, the 1256th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $49.10 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 40.7%, against +8.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.7%); the operating margin is 7.3% (peer median 3.8%).
Valuation It trades at 11.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.0× (2nd cheapest of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.3 points above its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 13.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.11B | $8.81B | $7.72B | $6.84B | $6.40B |
| Revenue growth | — | +14% | +13% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | $3.35B | $3.27B | $2.81B | $2.40B | $2.23B |
| EBITDA | $1.01B | $995M | $791M | $655M | $614M |
| Net income | $496M | $524M | $381M | $259M | $261M |
| Free cash flow | $336M | $466M | $415M | $240M | $247M |
| Capital expenditure | $356M | $248M | $230M | $225M | $124M |
| Total debt | $2.24B | $1.94B | $1.68B | $1.66B | $1.54B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprouts Farmers Market SFM | $4.53B | -41% | +5% | 7% | 11.3× | -4.0% |
| Amazon AMZN | $2.80T | -5% | +15% | 13% | 26.3× | n/a |
| Kroger KR | $40.0B | +4% | +2% | 3% | 13.1× | -6.0% |
| Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVC | $659M | +8% | +2% | 5% | 12.9× | 10.6% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | SFM | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -25.6% | +5.3% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -40.7% | +8.1% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -48.3% | -16.0% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.2% | +4.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 3.8% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.3× | 17.0× | 2nd cheapest of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.0% | 3.2% | 4th least demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.4% | +6.3% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -10.4 pp | -5.2 pp | 6th least demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +7.3 pp | +3.5 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.5× | 8.0× | 4th cheapest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0× | 1.8× | 7th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprouts Farmers Market SFM | United States | $4.53B | -41% | +5% | 7% | 11.3× | -4.0% | +6.4% |
| Kobe Bussan 3038.T | Japan | $4.33B | +15% | +6% | 7% | 21.9× | -4.8% | +10.1% |
| DFI Retail D01.SI | Singapore | $5.06B | -11% | -3% | 4% | 13.2× | -0.4% | -2.9% |
| Yonghui Superstores 601933.SS | China | $3.76B | -23% | -16% | -3% | 273.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Ocado OCDO.L | United Kingdom | $3.73B | +77% | -42% | 3% | n/a | 39.1% | -9.9% |
| Albertsons Companies ACI | United States | $6.02B | -20% | +2% | 2% | 7.0× | -3.0% | +3.6% |
| Axfood AXFO.ST | Sweden | $6.26B | +4% | +2% | 3% | 24.3× | 3.2% | +10.7% |
| Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion DIA.MC | Spain | $3.15B | +25% | +2% | 3% | 32.6× | 4.9% | -3.6% |
| President Chain Store 2912.TW | Taiwan | $6.62B | -6% | +5% | 4% | 17.0× | 3.3% | +6.3% |
| Guming 1364.HK | Hong Kong | $7.08B | -4% | +47% | 25% | 14.8× | -4.1% | +29.4% |
| Kusuri No Aoki 3549.T | Japan | $2.88B | +26% | +13% | 5% | 21.2× | 4.1% | +13.1% |
| Sheng Siong OV8.SI | Singapore | $2.77B | -22% | +10% | 10% | 21.6× | -1.6% | +2.4% |
| Empire EMP-A.TO | Canada | $7.85B | +7% | +2% | 4% | 13.6× | -2.7% | +2.5% |
| Blue Zones 417A.T | Japan | $2.56B | +11% | +12% | 4% | 15.8× | -4.0% | +9.9% |
| Zabka ZAB.WA | Poland | $8.11B | +41% | +14% | 8% | 25.3× | 6.3% | +19.3% |
| MIXUE 2097.HK | Hong Kong | $8.80B | -37% | +35% | 20% | 11.5× | -18.5% | +32.1% |
| Dino Polska DNP.WA | Poland | $9.36B | +31% | +14% | 6% | 22.2× | 17.9% | +27.1% |
| Shanghai Bailian 600827.SS | China | $1.99B | -5% | -9% | -2% | 15.9× | -3.5% | -6.7% |
| J Sainsbury SBRY.L | United Kingdom | $10.4B | +16% | -3% | 3% | 14.9× | 7.8% | +3.0% |
| Weis Markets WMK | United States | $1.92B | +10% | +4% | 2% | n/a | 4.3% | +3.8% |
| BBB Foods TBBB | United States | $10.8B | +72% | +52% | 1% | n/a | 49.9% | +37.1% |