Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB Invests $83,000 in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD)

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE:USFD) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 1,350 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $83,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quent Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of US Foods by 87.6% in the 3rd quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 219 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in US Foods during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new stake in US Foods in the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Huntington National Bank raised its holdings in US Foods by 332.5% in the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 532 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 409 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new position in shares of US Foods during the third quarter worth $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.76% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on USFD. Barclays raised their price objective on US Foods from $71.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on US Foods from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on US Foods from $68.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of US Foods from $67.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of US Foods from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $67.08.

US Foods Stock Up 1.2 %

US Foods stock opened at $67.69 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01. US Foods Holding Corp. has a 1-year low of $44.39 and a 1-year high of $72.84. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $66.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.49. The company has a market cap of $15.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.68.

About US Foods

US Foods Holding Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in marketing, sale, and distribution of fresh, frozen, and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers in the United States. The company's customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities, and retail locations.