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Assessing United Natural Foods (UNFI) Valuation After Recent Share Price Weakness

Simply Wall St · 5d ago

Event context and recent share performance

United Natural Foods (UNFI) stock has come under pressure recently, with the share price down about 4% over the past month and about 22% over the past 3 months, prompting investors to reassess the setup.

See our latest analysis for United Natural Foods.

That recent 3 month share price return of 21.61% decline sits against a more mixed picture, with United Natural Foods roughly flat on a year to date share price basis but a 1 year total shareholder return of 15.42%. This suggests shorter term momentum has faded even as longer term holders have still seen gains.

If this kind of reset has you reassessing your watchlist, it could be a good time to scan fast growing stocks with high insider ownership for other ideas with strong insider alignment.

With United Natural Foods reporting modest revenue growth, a net loss of $101 million, and a share price around $33.30 compared with a $39.13 analyst target, is this reset creating a genuine buying opportunity, or is the market already pricing in future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 14.9% Undervalued

The most followed narrative puts United Natural Foods’ fair value at US$39.13 per share, above the recent US$33.30 close, setting up a valuation gap driven by execution and margin repair.

The company's disciplined approach to customer segmentation and contract profitability, exiting unprofitable relationships and optimizing its distribution network, is unlocking operational leverage, concentrating throughput into higher-return assets, and supporting free cash flow growth and deleveraging.

Read the complete narrative.

Want to see what is built into that price gap? The core of this narrative is steady revenue, slimmer margins, and a future earnings profile that leans on a higher P/E than the broader consumer retail space. Curious which exact earnings path and profitability lift are being modeled to land at that US$39.13 fair value.

Result: Fair Value of $39.13 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, this setup still leans heavily on cleaner execution, with the recent cybersecurity issues and the Key Food contract exit both capable of unsettling that earnings path.

Find out about the key risks to this United Natural Foods narrative.

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.