A Spotlight On United Natural Foods, Inc.’s (NYSE:UNFI) Fundamentals

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United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE:UNFI) is a company with exceptional fundamental characteristics. Upon building up an investment case for a stock, we should look at various aspects. In the case of UNFI, it is a company with a excellent future outlook, which has not yet been priced into the stock. Below, I’ve touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. For those interested in digger a bit deeper into my commentary, read the full report on United Natural Foods here.

Very undervalued with reasonable growth potential

Investors in search for stocks with room to flourish should look no further than UNFI, with its expected earnings growth of 37%. The optimistic bottom-line growth is supported by a similarly outstanding revenue growth over the same time period, which indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. UNFI’s share price is trading at below its true value, meaning that the market sentiment for the stock is currently bearish. This mispricing gives investors the opportunity to buy into the stock at a cheap price compared to the value they will be receiving, should analysts’ consensus forecast growth be correct. Also, relative to the rest of its peers with similar levels of earnings, UNFI’s share price is trading below the group’s average. This supports the theory that UNFI is potentially underpriced.

NYSE:UNFI Future Profit January 10th 19
NYSE:UNFI Future Profit January 10th 19

Next Steps:

For United Natural Foods, I’ve compiled three relevant aspects you should look at:

  1. Historical Performance: What has UNFI’s returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  2. Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of UNFI? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.

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