Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
Sprouts Farmers Market offers a unique specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspires wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment of better-for-you products paired with purpose-driven people.
$66.26
-$2.60 (-3.78%)
EOD Oct 23, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 7.44%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise.
Revenue grew 14.1% in the fiscal year ended Dec 2025, still solid.
Net debt of $1.78B represents 5.0x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
12.67x earnings, 17.32x FCF. A below-average multiple, which usually means the market expects earnings to fall. Check whether the filings support that.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$9.00B
▲ +14.1% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$503M
▲ +37.6% YoY
Op. Margin
7.44%
▲ +1.3pp YoY
ROIC
14.92%
▲ +3.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$357M
▲ +12.8% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$675M
▲ +11.0% YoY
Net Debt
$1.78B
Cash & Equiv.
$224M
5Y CAGR: +6.4%
5Y CAGR: +4.7%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 27 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 28 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 12 Oct 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 23 Oct 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) overvalued?
At a P/E of 12.7 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 17.3, Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $66.11 per share, so at $66.26 the stock looks overvalued (0.2% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Sprouts Farmers Market scores 73/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Sprouts Farmers Market's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $66.11 per share for SFM, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $49.58. At today's $66.26, that puts the stock about 0.2% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Sprouts Farmers Market a high-quality business?+
Sprouts Farmers Market scores 73 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 7.4% operating margin and a 14.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is Sprouts Farmers Market a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. SFM currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 73/100 on quality (solid). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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