“Gross margin increased to 39.1% for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2025, compared to 38.1% for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2024, due to improved inventory management and continued promotional optimization efforts as well as leverage o…”10-Q · Oct 29, 2025 ↗
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
SFM
Market read
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 13 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 4.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 0.9 percentage points.
- SFM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if SFM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 13 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 4.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 0.9 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 1.0 percentage points.
- SFM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +14.1% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +1.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +1.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 63% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 137% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
72.18Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Interest (income) expense, net Fiscal 2025 Fiscal 2024 Change % Change (dollars in thousands) Long-term debt interest expense $ 826 $ 4,259 $ (3,433) (81) % Finance lease interest expense 943 747 196 26 % Deferred financing costs 890 772 118 15 % Interest inc…”10-K · Feb 19, 2026 ↗
“This overall demand for healthy products is driven by many factors, including increased awareness about the benefits of eating healthy, a greater focus on preventative health measures using food as medicine, and the rising costs of health care.”10-K · Feb 19, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 0.8× · EV/sales 0.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 12:50 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for SFM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-30.
What improved
- Revenue increased 4.1% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 0.9 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 1.0 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“Interest (income) expense, net Thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2026 March 30, 2025 Change % Change Long-term debt $ 196 $ 210 $ (14) (7) % Finance leases 261 176 85 48 % Deferred financing costs 134 193 (59) (31) % Interest income and other (720) (1,503) 783 52 % Total interest income, net $ (129) $ (924) $ 795 86 % The decrease in interest income, net for the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2026 compared to the thirteen weeks ended March 30, 2025 was primarily due to lower interest rates and invested cash.”
“As a percentage of net sales, selling, general and administrative expenses increased slightly, primarily due to lower comparable store sales during the period, while fixed cost components, including payroll and occupancy expenses, remained relatively consistent.”
“Although we may experience periodic effects on sales, gross profit, gross margins and cash flows as a result of changing prices, we do not expect the effect of inflation or deflation to have a material impact on our ability to execute our long-term business strategy.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind SFM
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
UNFIUnited Natural Foods, Inc.supplierFeb 19, 2026 ▾
“Another 12% of our total purchases in fiscal 2025 and 3% of our total purchases in each of fiscal 2024 and 2023 were made through our secondary supplier, United Natural Foods, Inc.”
DASHDoorDash, Inc.partnerFeb 19, 2026 ▾
“We offer home deliveries from our stores through delivery service providers, including Instacart, DoorDash and Uber Eats, in all of our markets nationwide.”
Depended on by
VITLVital Farms, Inc.customerMay 7, 2026 ▾
“We have a strong presence at The Kroger Co., or Kroger, Sprouts Farmers Market, Target Corporation and Whole Foods Market, Inc., or Whole Foods, and we also sell our products at Albertsons Companies, Inc., Publix Super Markets, Inc., Walmart, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
SFM is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Organic Grocery Stores. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for SFM; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.