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Performance Food Group Company (PFGC)

Consumer Defensive | Food Distribution | Richmond, United States | NYSE
93.50 USD +4.49 (5.044%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 93.09 -0.42 (-0.415%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:24 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT

PFGC presents a classic 'turnaround trade' with strong buy ratings from analysts driven by a massive gap between trailing and forward P/E (42x vs 15.7x) and high earnings growth (+44%), yet the recent price action suggests the market is digesting weak sales growth. Fundamentally, this is a **solid long-term buy (3 stars)** because the valuation is cheap on forward metrics and cash flow is healthy, but the **short-term outlook is cautiously bullish (4 stars)** due to heavy call option positioning betting on a price pullback and stabilization rather than an immediate explosion, especially given the lack of dividend yield to support a passive hold strategy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.077288
AutoETS0.081530
AutoTheta0.091061
AutoARIMA0.107910

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 8.15
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.166
Excess Kurtosis -1.19
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Debt to Equity Ratio 171.8
Revenue per Share 401.453
Market Cap 14,688,754,688
Trailing P/E 42.31
Forward P/E 15.84
Beta 0.94
Profit Margins 0.55%
Website https://www.pfgc.com

As of April 19, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a bullish skew toward the short-to-medium term. Call Open Interest (OI) significantly outweighs Put OI at the nearest expirations (April 17 and May 15), with major anchor positions at the 90.0 strike (OTM) and 95.0 strike (ATM). While some speculative put activity exists at strikes below the current price to cap downside, the net positioning suggests speculators are positioning for upside momentum. For longer tenors (September+), Call OI remains dominant, indicating a view that price appreciability will extend beyond the immediate weekly horizon. Implied volatility is tight, suggesting uncertainty is calibrated to modest moves unless earnings cause a spike.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.24219477
Address1 12,500 West Creek Parkway
All Time High 109.05
All Time Low 7.41
Ask 94.07
Ask Size 500
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,357,390
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,192,303
Average Volume 2,192,303
Average Volume10Days 1,357,390
Beta 0.943
Bid 93.09
Bid Size 700
Board Risk 4
Book Value 29.837
City Richmond
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 93.5
Current Ratio 1.597
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 93.565
Day Low 89.375
Debt To Equity 171.8
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,770,213,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,770,213,600
Earnings Growth 0.444
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.455
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,211,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,070,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,070,600
Ebitda 1,634,800,000
Ebitda Margins 0.02621
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.845
Enterprise To Revenue 0.363
Enterprise Value 22,634,053,632
Eps Current Year 4.62395
Eps Forward 5.90377
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.21
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 89.7304
Fifty Day Average Change 3.7696
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.04201029
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 24.219477
Fifty Two Week High 109.05
Fifty Two Week High Change -15.550003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.14259516
Fifty Two Week Low 74.335
Fifty Two Week Low Change 19.165
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.25781935
Fifty Two Week Range 74.335 - 109.05
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,443,619,800,000
Float Shares 153,760,618
Forward Eps 5.90377
Forward P E 15.8373375
Free Cashflow 614,837,504
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 42,570
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.12519
Gross Profits 7,807,600,128
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04216
Held Percent Institutions 1.03001
Implied Shares Outstanding 157,098,971
Industry Food Distribution
Industry Disp Food Distribution
Industry Key food-distribution
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,751,068,800
Long Business Summary Performance Food Group Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of food and food-related products in North America. It operates through three segments: Foodservice, Convenience, and Specialty. The company offers beef, pork, poultry, and seafood; frozen food and refrigerated products; dry groceries comprising cleaning and kitchen supplies and disposables; candy, snacks, and beverages; and fresh products, groceries, dairy, bread, beverages, general merchandise, and health and beauty care products, as well as cigarettes and other nicotine products. It also operates distribution centers. In addition, the company provides marketing programs and technology solutions to customer locations, as well as value-added services in the areas of product selection and procurement, menu development, and operational strategy. It serves individual restaurants, national and regional chain restaurants, vending distributors, theaters, retailers, and national, regional, and independent convenience stores. Performance Food Group Company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Long Name Performance Food Group Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 14,688,754,688
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_271958947
Most Recent Quarter 1,766,793,600
Net Income To Common 345,100,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,604,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 14,688,753,788
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 89.9
Operating Cashflow 1,287,100,032
Operating Margins 0.0115600005
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.66
Phone 804 484 7700
Post Market Change -0.41500092
Post Market Change Percent -0.44385123
Post Market Price 93.085
Post Market Time 1,776,464,687
Previous Close 89.01
Price Eps Current Year 20.220806
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.133693
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.2355258
Profit Margins 0.0055299997
Quick Ratio 0.615
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.38462
Region US
Regular Market Change 4.49
Regular Market Change Percent 5.04437
Regular Market Day High 93.565
Regular Market Day Low 89.375
Regular Market Day Range 89.375 - 93.565
Regular Market Open 89.9
Regular Market Previous Close 89.01
Regular Market Price 93.5
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 1,515,382
Return On Assets 0.03036
Return On Equity 0.0775
Revenue Growth 0.052
Revenue Per Share 401.453
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 157,098,971
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0432
Shares Short 6,779,142
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,635,220
Short Name Performance Food Group Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.0695
Short Ratio 4.3
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol PFGC
Target High Price 130.0
Target Low Price 105.0
Target Mean Price 117.5
Target Median Price 119.5
Total Cash 41,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.261
Total Debt 7,986,299,904
Total Revenue 62,365,798,400
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 2.21
Trailing P E 42.307693
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 95.64915
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.149147
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.022469066
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,515,382
Website https://www.pfgc.com
Zip 23,238