GuruFocus - On August 26, 2024, Terri Graham, a Director at Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM), executed a sale of 10,000 shares of the company. The transaction was filed on the same day with the SEC. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 33,010 shares of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc operates as a healthy grocery store that offers fresh, natural, and organic food products at affordable prices. The company focuses on health and wellness, providing customers with a wide range of products that cater to health-conscious consumers.
Over the past year, the insider has sold a total of 15,000 shares and has not made any purchases. This recent transaction continues a trend observed over the past year at Sprouts Farmers Market Inc, where there have been no insider buys but 52 insider sells.
Shares of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc were priced at $100 on the day of the sale. The company's market cap is approximately $10.21 billion. The price-earnings ratio stands at 31.96, which is above both the industry median of 16.88 and the company's historical median.
The stock's valuation according to the GF Value is $42.05, indicating a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 2.38. This suggests that Sprouts Farmers Market Inc is significantly overvalued based on its GF Value.
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 may be of interest to current and potential investors, providing insight into insider confidence and valuation perspectives at Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.
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