United Natural Foods Stock Price, News & Analysis

United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) hosted its second Holiday and Winter Selling Show of 2025 in Uncasville, Conn., bringing together 3,900 attendees, including 1,400 retailers and 750 suppliers. The company unveiled key industry trends showing that promotional activity represents one-third of grocery volume, while private label sales are expected to grow 40% by 2030.

The event highlighted five major trends: increased promotions, private label growth, disruptor brand success (27% growth in food sector), health and wellness boom, and the importance of in-store experiences. UNFI also showcased its Professional Services offerings, including Scan Advantage platform for improved consumer insights.

During the show, UNFI presented its second annual Supplier Circle of Excellence Awards to 31 supplier brand partners across 15 categories, with Chobani, Loisa, and The Hershey Company receiving top honors as Suppliers of the Year.

United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) hosted its first Holiday and Winter Selling Show of 2025 in Las Vegas, connecting over 2,200 retail customer representatives with more than 900 supplier brands across various grocery categories. The event showcased thousands of unique items and over 50 new-to-market products.

UNFI presented its second annual Customer Circle of Excellence Awards to 11 retailers, with Harmons Neighborhood Grocer winning Local Independent of the Year and Vallarta Supermarkets named National Chain of the Year. The company also featured its UpNext program's Pitch Slam competition for emerging suppliers and highlighted digital solutions including the UNFI Media Network's Audience Optimizer and AI-Powered Loss Prevention technology, which has demonstrated up to 60% shrink reduction.

United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has provided a revised fiscal 2025 outlook, reflecting strong performance through Q3 but impacted by a recent cyber incident. The company expects the cyber incident to reduce net sales by $350-400 million and impact net income by $50-60 million.

Through the first three quarters, UNFI reported a 5.5% increase in net sales, a $44 million improvement in net loss, and a 16% increase in Adjusted EBITDA. The updated FY2025 outlook projects net sales of $31.6-31.8 billion, representing a 2.3% year-over-year increase, and Adjusted EBITDA of $535-565 million.

Management remains confident in their multi-year strategy, expecting to achieve long-term financial targets ahead of schedule, including reducing net leverage to 2.5x by fiscal 2026, approximately one year earlier than initially projected.

United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has scheduled a business update conference call for July 16, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The call will focus on discussing a previously disclosed cyber incident and providing the company's fiscal 2025 outlook.

Investors can access the call by dialing (800) 715-9871 with conference ID 5462932. The presentation materials and audio webcast will be available through UNFI's investor relations website, with the webcast archive accessible for 120 days following the call.

United Natural Foods (UNFI) reported mixed Q3 fiscal 2025 results with net sales increasing 7.5% to $8.1 billion, driven by a 4% rise in wholesale unit volumes and inflation. Despite revenue growth, the company posted a net loss of $(7) million or $(0.12) per share, though improved from $(21) million loss in Q3 2024. Adjusted EBITDA grew 20.8% to $157 million, and free cash flow improved significantly to $119 million. Natural product segment led growth with 12% increase, while conventional products grew 2.7%. The company maintained most of its full-year guidance but updated net loss outlook to $(80)-$(55) million due to costs associated with exiting a customer contract and Northeast distribution network optimization. UNFI's net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio improved to 3.3x, and the company recently disclosed a cybersecurity incident on June 5, 2025.

United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has announced it will release its fiscal 2025 third quarter financial results on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, before market open. The results will cover the 13-week period ending May 3, 2025. Management will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET on the same day to discuss the results.

Investors can access the conference call by dialing (888) 660-6768 and using conference ID 1099581. The call and referenced materials will be available via webcast through the Investors section of UNFI's website, with the online archive accessible for 120 days.

United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has announced its participation in the upcoming 37th Annual Roth Conference. The company's President and Chief Financial Officer, Matteo Tarditi, will engage in a fireside chat scheduled for March 17, 2025, at 8:30 am Pacific Time.

Investors and interested parties can access the live audio webcast through the investor relations section of UNFI's website at www.unfi.com, specifically under the 'Events' link.

United Natural Foods (UNFI) reported its Q2 fiscal 2025 results, showing a 4.9% increase in net sales to $8.2 billion, driven by a 3% rise in wholesale unit volumes. The company posted a net loss of $(3) million, with loss per diluted share of $(0.05).

Adjusted EBITDA grew 13.3% to $145 million, while Adjusted EPS improved to $0.22. The gross profit rate was 13.1% of net sales, slightly down from 13.3% in Q2 fiscal 2024. Operating expenses decreased to 12.6% of net sales from 13.0% year-over-year.

The company is raising its FY25 outlook for all metrics except capital and cloud spending. Free cash flow improved by $77 million compared to the prior year quarter, reaching $193 million. The net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio declined to 3.7x, showing a 0.6x reduction over the past 12 months.

United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has announced it will release its fiscal 2025 second quarter financial results on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, before market open. The results will cover the 13-week period ended February 1, 2025. Management will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the results. Investors can access the call by dialing (888) 660-6768 and using conference ID 1099581. The webcast and referenced materials will be available through the company's website, with the online archive accessible for 120 days.