Sprouts Farmers Market

SFM

Grocery Stores · Consumer Defensive

Price

$75.78

+2.11 (+2.86%)

Market Cap

$7.13B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−15.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 116.1M (2021) → 98.7M (2025)

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. offers fresh, natural, and organic food products in the United States. The company offers perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat, seafood, deli, bakery, floral and dairy, and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care. As of January 2, 2022, it operated 374 stores in 23 states. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. was foun

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-5.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$252M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Sprouts Farmers Market is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin

37.6%

Modest — 37.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

9.3%

Modest — 9.3% operating margin

ROCE

6.2%

Weak — 6.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+10.2%

Steady sales growth (10.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

+17.1%

Earnings growing fast (17.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

128%

Turns 128% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

4.1%

Thin free cash flow (4.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.44

Elevated debt (1.44)

Interest Cover

254.65x

Comfortably covers interest (254.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

14.4x

Attractive valuation — P/E 14.4

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+2.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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