US Foods Holding Valuation

Is UFH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UFH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: UFH (€50) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€95.13)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UFH is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UFH?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

UFH key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.6x
PEG Ratio1.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UFH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UFH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.8x
PFGC Performance Food Group
26.5x25.6%US$11.2b
BID Bid
19.2x10.5%R143.3b
CPAXT CP Axtra
35.4x16.7%฿317.4b
SYY Sysco
18.1x7.2%US$37.4b
UFH US Foods Holding
26.6x16.7%€13.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UFH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.6x) compared to the peer average (24.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UFH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UFH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.6x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UFH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UFH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26.6x
Fair PE Ratio19.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UFH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UFH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€50.00
€57.53
+15.1%
8.2%€66.83€48.02n/a15
May ’25€48.00
€54.48
+13.5%
5.7%€59.66€48.22n/a16
Apr ’25€49.80
€53.62
+7.7%
5.5%€58.91€47.61n/a16
Mar ’25€47.00
€52.97
+12.7%
6.5%€58.98€46.08n/a15
Feb ’25€42.60
€48.41
+13.6%
7.6%€55.31€41.49n/a15
Jan ’25€41.20
€46.50
+12.9%
6.0%€51.21€41.15n/a15
Dec ’24€40.20
€46.28
+15.1%
5.8%€51.35€41.26n/a15
Nov ’24€37.20
€45.96
+23.6%
6.2%€50.64€41.26n/a14
Oct ’24€37.80
€46.11
+22.0%
4.8%€49.71€40.50n/a13
Sep ’24€37.00
€46.11
+24.6%
4.8%€49.71€40.50n/a13
Aug ’24€38.60
€43.86
+13.6%
5.1%€48.09€39.19n/a13
Jul ’24€40.00
€44.97
+12.4%
4.9%€49.47€40.31n/a13
Jun ’24€36.80
€45.00
+22.3%
4.4%€48.33€40.89n/a12
May ’24€34.40
€42.39
+23.2%
6.7%€46.47€37.18€48.0013
Apr ’24€33.20
€42.39
+27.7%
6.7%€46.47€37.18€49.8013
Mar ’24€34.80
€42.86
+23.2%
7.7%€47.40€35.07€47.0014
Feb ’24€34.60
€39.31
+13.6%
7.4%€44.17€34.05€42.6014
Jan ’24€31.80
€39.58
+24.5%
9.7%€45.56€32.27€41.2015
Dec ’23€34.60
€40.17
+16.1%
9.7%€46.50€32.94€40.2016
Nov ’23€29.80
€42.13
+41.4%
12.8%€51.11€31.69€37.2016
Oct ’23€26.80
€42.69
+59.3%
9.5%€49.97€35.97€37.8016
Sep ’23€29.60
€41.79
+41.2%
9.6%€48.71€35.07€37.0015
Aug ’23€30.40
€42.76
+40.7%
10.1%€49.30€33.52€38.6015
Jul ’23€29.80
€41.78
+40.2%
9.7%€47.96€32.61€40.0015
Jun ’23€30.20
€41.41
+37.1%
9.5%€49.43€33.57€36.8016
May ’23€36.40
€40.95
+12.5%
7.2%€46.16€36.92€34.4015

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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