United Natural Foods (UNFI) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.69
- Estimate
- $0.62
- Surprise
- +11.9%
- Score today
- 5.2/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
United Natural Foods (UNFI) beat the $0.62 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.69 — a large 11.9% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- United Natural Foods Plans for More Inflation in 2027, Says Productivity, Not Price Hikes, Will Drive Margins — benzinga, 2026-09-08
- Full Transcript: United Natural Foods Q4 2026 Earnings Call — benzinga, 2026-09-08
- United Natural Foods Sees FY2027 GAAP EPS $1.70-$2.30 vs $2.73 Est — benzinga, 2026-09-08
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates UNFI Sell at 5.2/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +11.9% surprise compares with a +18.7% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-12-01.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-1.7% upside)
- Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 2.0), Material insider selling (3 sells, 0.08% of cap)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $44.45
- Price target
- $48.02
- Stop
- $41.23
- Upside to target
- +8.0%
The stock trades at 33.4× trailing but 10.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-11 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
UNFI at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Food Distribution
- Market cap
- $2.66B
- P/E (fwd)
- 10.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 33.4
- 52-week range
- $27.97–$57.02
- Off 52-week high
- 22.0%
- RSI (14)
- 31
- Volume vs avg
- 0.04×
- Score today
- 5.2/10