Performance Food Group Company Hosts Investor Day Webcast; Reaffirms Fiscal 2025 Guidance; Sets 3-Year Targets; Announces New $500 Million Share Repurchase Program
PFG will video webcast the presentation in listen-only mode on investors.pfgc.com. An archived replay of the webcast will be made available later today. Pre-event registration is required.
Fiscal 2025 Outlook
PFG continues to expect net sales to be in a range of
3-Year Outlook
PFG expects to achieve annual sales of
PFG’s Adjusted EBITDA outlook excludes the impact of certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include, but are not limited to, losses on early extinguishments of debt, restructuring charges, certain tax items, and charges associated with non-recurring professional and legal fees associated with acquisitions. PFG’s management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of these income and expense items on its reported net income, which could be significant, are difficult to predict, and may be highly variable. As a result, PFG does not provide a reconciliation to the closest corresponding GAAP financial measure for its Adjusted EBITDA outlook. Please see the “Forward-Looking Statements” section of this release for a discussion of certain risks to PFG’s outlook.
New Share Repurchase Program
On May 27, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized a new share repurchase program for up to
About Performance Food Group Company
Performance Food Group is an industry leader and one of the largest food and foodservice distribution companies in
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding the performance of our business, our financial results, our liquidity and capital resources, and integration of our acquisition of Cheney Bros., Inc. (the “Cheney Brothers Acquisition”) and other nonhistorical statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The following factors, in addition to those discussed under the section entitled Item 1A. Risk Factors in PFG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 14, 2024, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements:
- economic factors, including inflation or other adverse changes such as a downturn in economic conditions, tariff increases, or a public health crisis, negatively affecting consumer confidence and discretionary spending;
- our reliance on third-party suppliers;
- labor relations and cost risks and availability of qualified labor;
- costs and risks associated with a potential cybersecurity incident or other technology disruption;
- our reliance on technology and risks associated with disruption or delay in implementation of new technology;
- competition in our industry is intense, and we may not be able to compete successfully;
- we operate in a low margin industry, which could increase the volatility of our results of operations;
- we may not realize anticipated benefits from our operating cost reduction and productivity improvement efforts;
- our profitability is directly affected by cost inflation and deflation, commodity volatility, and other factors;
- we do not have long-term contracts with certain customers;
- group purchasing organizations may become more active in our industry and increase their efforts to add our customers as members of these organizations;
- changes in eating habits of consumers;
- extreme weather conditions, including hurricane, earthquake and natural disaster damage;
- volatility of fuel and other transportation costs;
- our inability to adjust cost structure where one or more of our competitors successfully implement lower costs;
- our inability to increase our sales in the highest margin portion of our business;
- changes in pricing practices of our suppliers;
- our growth strategy may not achieve the anticipated results;
- risks relating to acquisitions, including the risk that we are not able to realize benefits of acquisitions or successfully integrate the businesses we acquire;
- environmental, health, and safety costs, including compliance with current and future environmental laws and regulations relating to carbon emissions and climate change and related legal or market measures;
- our inability to comply with requirements imposed by applicable law or government regulations, including increased regulation of e-vapor products and other alternative nicotine products;
- a portion of our sales volume is dependent upon the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products, sales of which are generally declining;
- the potential impact of product recalls and product liability claims relating to the products we distribute and other litigation;
- adverse judgments or settlements or unexpected outcomes in legal proceedings;
- negative media exposure and other events that damage our reputation;
- impact of uncollectibility of accounts receivable;
- increase in excise taxes or reduction in credit terms by taxing jurisdictions;
- the cost and adequacy of insurance coverage and increases in the number or severity of insurance and claims expenses;
- risks relating to our outstanding indebtedness, including the impact of interest rate increases on our variable rate debt;
- our ability to raise additional capital on commercially reasonable terms or at all; and
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the following risks related to the Cheney Brothers Acquisition:
- uncertainty as to the expected financial performance of the combined company as a result of the Cheney Brothers Acquisition;
- the possibility that the expected synergies and value creation from the Cheney Brothers Acquisition will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period;
- the risk that unexpected costs will be incurred in connection with the integration of the Cheney Brothers Acquisition or that the integration of Cheney Brothers’ foodservice business will be more difficult or time consuming than expected;
- the inability to retain key personnel; and
- disruption from the Cheney Brothers Acquisition, including potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships with customers, employees, suppliers, other business partners or regulators, making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships.
Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this release and in our filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement, including any contained herein, speaks only as of the time of this release or as of the date they were made and we do not undertake to update or revise them as more information becomes available or to disclose any facts, events, or circumstances after the date of this release or our statement, as applicable, that may affect the accuracy of any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.
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Investors:
Bill Marshall
SVP, Investor Relations
(804) 287-8108
Bill.Marshall@pfgc.com
Media:
Scott Golden
Director, Communications & Engagement
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Scott.Golden@pfgc.com
Source: Performance Food Group Company
