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 (€68) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€181.79)

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?

Key metric: As UFH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UFH. This is calculated by dividing UFH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UFH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio28.3x
EarningsUS$575.00m
Market CapUS$16.27b

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 Average26.7x
PFGC Performance Food Group
32.4x21.1%US$13.7b
CPAXT CP Axtra
36.6x15.5%฿354.5b
SYY Sysco
19.4x8.6%US$37.7b
BID Bid
18.6x7.8%R148.6b
UFH US Foods Holding
28.3x17.1%€16.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UFH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x) compared to the peer average (26.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UFH 28.3xIndustry Avg. 15.0xNo. of Companies8PE0816243240+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UFH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (15x).


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 Ratio28.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate UFH's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


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€68.00
€71.34
+4.9%
7.1%€75.86€54.07n/a15
Nov ’25€56.50
€62.20
+10.1%
8.0%€69.47€52.16n/a15
Oct ’25€55.00
€58.87
+7.0%
6.6%€67.36€50.57n/a15
Sep ’25€53.50
€58.18
+8.7%
5.2%€67.41€53.93n/a15
Aug ’25€50.00
€59.37
+18.7%
4.8%€66.66€53.70n/a15
Jul ’25€48.80
€59.37
+21.7%
4.8%€66.66€53.70n/a15
Jun ’25€48.20
€58.07
+20.5%
6.6%€66.30€47.89n/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€41.26€56.5014
Oct ’24€37.80
€46.11
+22.0%
4.8%€49.71€40.50€55.0013
Sep ’24€37.00
€46.11
+24.6%
4.8%€49.71€40.50€53.5013
Aug ’24€38.60
€43.86
+13.6%
5.1%€48.09€39.19€50.0013
Jul ’24€40.00
€44.97
+12.4%
4.9%€49.47€40.31€48.8013
Jun ’24€36.80
€45.00
+22.3%
4.4%€48.33€40.89€48.2012
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

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


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