Why is SFM down?
Up 11.1% today with grocery store stocks: 6 of 7 are up, 2.6% on average; the S&P 500 is down 0.5%.
Fell on Oct 29
Down 23% on Oct 29 while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
- Its Oct 28 results:
−3Long-term trend
Up 11.1% today with grocery store stocks: 6 of 7 are up, 2.6% on average; the S&P 500 is down 0.5%.
Fell on Oct 29
Down 23% on Oct 29 while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
−3Long-term trend
SFM's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to -1.
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| Since its 2025 high | Down 72% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 28 |
TodayWith its group.
After its last 4 reports it closed +0.4% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
SFM is #6 of 7 by Quality Score among Retail-Grocery Stores.
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Expected to report Wed Feb 17, after the close (in 107 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $2.3B, 5% more than a year ago; a profit of $1.21 a share, from $1.22.
SFM's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 6.4% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count fell 3.5% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | -23.1% | -22.6% | open |
| Jul 29, 2026 | +10.6% | +9.7% | +7.5% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +6.2% | +15.1% | +10.0% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $8.8B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
3 insiders sold $1.3M across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
4 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: SFM is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc offers a specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspire wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment products paired with purpose-driven people. The company continues to bring products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based, and gluten-free. It approximately has 407 stores in nearly 23 states. The Company has one operating segment that is healthy grocery stores.
“We operate within the competitive and highly fragmented grocery store industry which encompasses a wide array of food retailers, including large national and regional conventional chain supermarkets, warehouse clubs, small grocery and convenience stores, independent grocers, and natural and organic, specialty, mass, discount and other food retail and online formats.”
SFM scores -1 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #6 of 7 in Retail-Grocery Stores by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 23% on Oct 29 while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
SFM scores -1 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #6 of 7 in Retail-Grocery Stores by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind SFM's -1.
3 insiders sold $1.3M across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Dustin Hamilton, Chief Stores Officer, who sold $23K on Sep 8. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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