GuruFocus - On August 13, 2024, Joseph O'Leary, a Director at Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM), executed a sale of 6,316 shares of the company. According to the SEC Filing, the transaction occurred at a stock price of $95.53 per share. Following this transaction, the insider now directly owns 18,341 shares in the company.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc operates as a retailer of fresh, natural, and organic food in the United States, offering a range of products focusing on health and wellness. The company's stores provide fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, grocery, meat and seafood, bakery, dairy, frozen foods, body care and natural household items catering to consumers' growing interest in health and wellness.
Over the past year, Joseph O'Leary has sold a total of 18,316 shares of the company and has not made any purchases. The insider transaction history for Sprouts Farmers Market Inc shows a total of 49 insider sells and no insider buys over the past year, indicating a trend of insider sales.
As of the latest transaction, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc has a market cap of approximately $9.57 billion. The stock's price-earnings ratio is 29.96, which is above both the industry median of 16.67 and the companys historical median.
The current stock price of $95.53, when compared to the GF Value of $41.74, results in a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 2.29, categorizing the stock as Significantly Overvalued.
The GF Value is calculated considering historical trading multiples such as the price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, along with a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on past returns and growth, and future business performance estimates from Morningstar analysts.
This sale by the insider might be of interest to current and potential investors, providing insight into how insiders view the stock's valuation at current levels.
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