← BackUNITED NATURAL FOODS INC · Groceries, General LineUNFI
Low riskNext report: Around Dec 1 (est.)
The short versionA company still losing money with steady sales.
Watch out for
- Losing money
- Debt above equity: 1.1x
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 0.4% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (180 bought, 153 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$48.32+3.0% that day
- Company value
- $2.9B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 36.3x
- You pay about $36 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.09x
- Company value is 0.09 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 1%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 59%
- Debt as a share of company value
From UNFI's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26 (worked out from yearly totals)$7.6B-0.7% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $31.2B, down 2.0% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 3.7% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-7.4%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.1.10x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-0.4%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$239.0M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-1.3% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.13.3%
- Revenue
- $31.8B
- +2.6% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +3.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $1.7B
- 1.10x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.33x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 1, 2026- Revenue
- $7.6B
- -0.7% YoY
- EPS
- $0.56
- vs -$1.44
- Op. margin
- 0.9%
- +1.9 pts
- Gross margin
- 13.7%
- +0.3 pts
- Free cash flow
- $80.0M
- Share count
- -0.6%
- vs a year ago
Some values are worked out from year-to-date totals in the annual report.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
26/ 100
- This week
- 1
- Normal week
- 3.3
- vs normal
- 0.3x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-0.4%Institutions cut 0.4% from their holdings. 180 bought, 153 sold.
Shares held by institutions57.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+1.0%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
1.0x · $1.6B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
60MNext reportAround Dec 1 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedSep 8
- Results filedJun 9
- Results filedMar 10
- Results filedDec 2, 2025
- Results filedSep 30, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Stock awardMohammad ShamimDirector
4,197 shares
- +14% of holdings
- Now owns 34,144 shares
- Filed 5 days after trade
Stock awardJack L StahlDirector
4,197 shares
- +6% of holdings
- Now owns 69,837 shares
- Filed 5 days after trade
Stock awardJames L MuehlbauerDirector
4,197 shares
- +4% of holdings
- Now owns 103,401 shares
- Filed 5 days after trade
Stock awardGloria R. BoylandDirector
4,197 shares
- +14% of holdings
- Now owns 35,160 shares
- Filed 5 days after trade
Stock awardMichael S FunkDirector
4,197 shares
- +4% of holdings
- Now owns 98,031 shares
- Filed 5 days after trade
Stock awardDaphne J DufresneDirector
4,197 shares
- +6% of holdings
- Now owns 78,603 shares
- Filed 5 days after trade