US Foods has maintained strong price momentum above its 200-day moving average with rising volume and 3 earnings beats in 4 quarters, but thin business quality metrics, sub-1% operating margins, and an asymmetry ratio well below the minimum acceptable threshold suggest the current price offers poor risk-adjusted entry.
Thesis pillars
- Momentum Breadth Strength↑Improving
- Thin Margins Quality Floor→Stable
- Earnings Beat Consistency↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD) Stock Analysis
Catalyst-Driven edge
Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $101.47: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
US Foods distributes food and foodservice products to approximately 250,000 customer locations through 70+ distribution facilities and a fleet of 6,500+ trucks. The company generated $39.4 billion in net sales in fiscal year 2025 with no single customer exceeding 2% of total... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $101.47: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.50, earnings proximity 20d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-16Recent Developments — US Foods Holding Corp.
Latest news
- NEWS USFD Launches SIGNATURE Program to Support Hospitality Operators - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- NEWS US Foods (USFD) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS US Foods (USFD) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Thursday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS AB Large Cap Value Fund's US Foods Holding Corp(USFD) Holding History - GuruFocus — GuruFocus neutral
- NEWS UBS Group AG Lowers Holdings in US Foods Holding Corp. $USFD - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
Generated 2026-10-16T11:42:17Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerGPO customers27%10-K Item 1: 'approximately 27% of our net sales in fiscal year 2025 were made to customers under terms negotiated by GPOs'
- LOWCustomersingle largest GPO customers14%10-K Item 1: 'approximately 14% of our net sales in fiscal year 2025 that were made to customers that are members of a single GPO'
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $101.47: Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $96.97. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $104.64 (+3.1% upside). Prior stop was $96.97. Stop-loss: $96.97.
Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0).
US Foods Holding Corp. trades at a P/E of 31.2 (forward 18.3). TrendMatrix value score: 5.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover USFD with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $116.
What does US Foods Holding Corp. do?US Foods distributes food and foodservice products to approximately 250,000 customer locations through 70+ distribution...
US Foods distributes food and foodservice products to approximately 250,000 customer locations through 70+ distribution facilities and a fleet of 6,500+ trucks. The company generated $39.4 billion in net sales in fiscal year 2025 with no single customer exceeding 2% of total sales; group purchasing organizations represented about 27% of net sales, with roughly 14% from customers of a single GPO.