Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM) does about 1.67M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1793959 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 15.84B USD. Its current market price is $161.88, marking a decrease of -2.33% compared to the previous close of $165.74. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $182.00 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $74.14. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $155 and a low of $155.
8 analysts observing the Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $155 and $155. The consensus objective for the share price is $184.29, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 12.16% over the period. The median price target is -4.44% away from the current levels at $155.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 8 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 3 analysts have rated it as a buy and 5 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Hold and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on March 17, 2025 when Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $190. Northcoast also upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Neutral on February 28, 2025 at a price target of $185. Evercore ISI upgraded its price target at $96-$120.
The current price level is -3.02%, -0.89%, and 14.57% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the SFM price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (SFM) stock is down -7.61% over the week and 0.07% over the past month. Its price is 27.39% year-to-date and 106.95% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $155. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 12.16 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $155, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $155.
Outstanding shares total 98.19M with insiders holding 0.52% of the shares and institutional holders owning 100.99% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 15.66% and return on equity of 35.74%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 36.44 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 28.13. The beta has a value of 0.80. Price to book ratio is 12.34 and price to sales ratio is 1.96.
