US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)Consumer Defensive | Food Distribution | Rosemont, United States | NYSE
97.91 USD
+0.21
(0.215%)
⇧
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 97.00 -0.91 (-0.910%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 7:31 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:47 a.m. EDT
US Foods offers compelling earnings growth but carries significant balance sheet baggage. The business has expanded value significantly over the last decade, yet the current price sits below the 50-day moving average, indicating short-term weakness. While analysts project a substantial earnings rebound, the lack of a dividend and high leverage restrict the long-term ceiling. Options traders are actively hedging downside moves while betting on a recovery toward the 110 to 120 range over the next year. Investors should view this as a speculative growth play rather than a stable income vehicle, given the debt load and technical resistance ahead. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.057255 |
| AutoETS | 0.065626 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.065626 |
| MSTL | 0.080003 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 20.71 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.030 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.19 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 126.315 |
| Revenue per Share | 180.779 |
| Market Cap | 21,180,942,336 |
| Trailing P/E | 30.13 |
| Forward P/E | 17.65 |
| Beta | 0.86 |
| Profit Margins | 1.81% |
| Website | https://www.usfoods.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:47 a.m. EDT: Speculators are hedging downside risk heavily with put options at strikes below current price (75, 90, 100) for the November expiration, suggesting a fear of a pullback. Conversely, longer-dated call positions cluster at 110 and 120 strikes for January and April expirations, indicating a bullish target range for the coming year. Implied volatility is elevated on deep out-of-the-money puts, reflecting uncertainty about near-term support.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.26718545 |
| Address1 | 9,399 West Higgins Road |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 111.42 |
| All Time Low | 8.32 |
| Ask | 104.99 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.5 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,814,550 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,259,560 |
| Average Volume | 2,259,560 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,814,550 |
| Beta | 0.857 |
| Bid | 90.0 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 19.783 |
| City | Rosemont |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 97.91 |
| Current Ratio | 1.137 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 98.01 |
| Day Low | 96.6 |
| Debt To Equity | 126.315 |
| Display Name | US Foods |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,021,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,021,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.292 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.228 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,881,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,881,800 |
| Ebitda | 1,783,000,064 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.04443 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.879 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.661 |
| Enterprise Value | 26,529,941,504 |
| Eps Current Year | 4.77991 |
| Eps Forward | 5.54729 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 3.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 100.9612 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.0511932 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.030221445 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 26.718544 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 111.42 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -13.5099945 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.12125287 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 69.875 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 28.035004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4012165 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 69.875 - 111.42 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,464,269,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 214,779,632 |
| Forward Eps | 5.54729 |
| Forward P E | 17.65006 |
| Free Cashflow | 805,124,992 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 30,000 |
| Fullday Change | 0.21000671 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.21495058 |
| Fullday Price | 97.91 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.17554002 |
| Gross Profits | 7,045,000,192 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00459 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.11287 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 216,330,723 |
| Industry | Food Distribution |
| Industry Disp | Food Distribution |
| Industry Key | food-distribution |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,766,793,600 |
| Long Business Summary | US Foods Holding Corp., together with its subsidiaries, markets, sells, and distributes fresh, frozen, and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers in the United States. The company also provides MOXe, an all-in-one foodservice business application. Its customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities, and retail locations. The company was formerly known as USF Holding Corp. and changed its name to US Foods Holding Corp. in February 2016. US Foods Holding Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. |
| Long Name | US Foods Holding Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 21,180,942,336 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_325290136 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,518,400 |
| Net Income To Common | 728,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,329,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 20,319,944,811 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 97.95 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,368,999,936 |
| Operating Margins | 0.04197 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.95 |
| Phone | 847 720 8000 |
| Post Market Change | -0.91000366 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.9294287 |
| Post Market Price | 97.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,934,299 |
| Previous Close | 97.7 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 20.48365 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.9491987 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.52776873 |
| Profit Margins | 0.01814 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.666 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.53333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.210007 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.214951 |
| Regular Market Day High | 98.01 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 96.6 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 96.6 - 98.01 |
| Regular Market Open | 97.95 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 97.7 |
| Regular Market Price | 97.91 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,602 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,065,315 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05826 |
| Return On Equity | 0.16350001 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.045 |
| Revenue Per Share | 180.779 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 216,330,723 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0636 |
| Shares Short | 13,751,472 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 11,771,181 |
| Short Name | US Foods Holding Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.072 |
| Short Ratio | 5.38 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | USFD |
| Target High Price | 130.0 |
| Target Low Price | 65.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 116.0 |
| Target Median Price | 120.0 |
| Total Cash | 56,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.259 |
| Total Debt | 5,405,000,192 |
| Total Revenue | 40,133,001,216 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 3.25 |
| Trailing P E | 30.126156 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.91 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 92.76825 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 5.141754 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.055425797 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,065,315 |
| Website | https://www.usfoods.com |
| Zip | 60,018 |