United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), founded in 1976 and based in Providence, Rhode Island, functions as a prominent distributor of a wide ...
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Est. EPS $0.62 · Before market open
Est. EPS $0.72 · Revenue $7.93B · 5 analysts
Est. EPS $0.88 · Revenue $8.10B · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $0.93 · Revenue $7.92B · 1 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $31.8B | +2.6% | -2.8% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $-118.0M | -5.4% | +65.0% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +13.3% | -2.0% | +3.2% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | -0.1% | -477.7% | +2.9% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | -0.4% | -2.7% | +69.8% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $239.0M | +359.8% | -77.8% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +0.8% | +353.2% | -77.1% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 222.5% | +2.9% | -5.4% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 1.32x | -8.5% | -0.3% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $7.6B | +0.9% | -0.8% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | -1.96 vs 0.64 | -406.3% | 0.53 vs 0.78 | -32.3% |
| Revenue Surprise | $31.8B vs $31.7B | +0.2% | $7.7B vs $7.8B | -0.9% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Echols Matthew T | officer | — | — | 0 | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Luchini Alfredo | officer: Chief Financial Officer | Common Stock | — | 0 | — |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Boyland Gloria R. | director | Common Stock | D | 2,000 | — |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Bushway Mark | officer: President, Natural & CSCO | Common Stock | D | 10,000 | $51.56 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | Tarditi Giorgio Matteo | officer: President and CFO | Common Stock | D | 8,199 | $55.52 |
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Krista, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the UNFI Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Kristyn Farahmand, Chief Strategy Officer. Please go ahead. Kristyn Farahmand: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us on UNFI's Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings Conference Call. As many of you may have heard, Steve Bloomquist, our Vice President of Investor Relations and long-time leader within UNFI's finance team has moved to a part-time consulting role. Given this, I'll be leading our earnings calls going forward. We invite you to continue to reach out to Steve or any other member of our Investor Relations team as needed going forward. By now, you should have received a copy of the earnings release from this morning. The press release and earnings presentation, which management will speak to, are available under the Investors section of the company's website at www.unfi.com on the Events tab. We've also included a supplemental disclosure file in Microsoft Excel with key financial information and our quarterly investor letter with more detail on our third quarter progress. Our letter this quarter includes a video link detailing some of our recent supply chain improvements driving increasing effectiveness and efficiency. Joining me for today's call are Sandy Douglas, our Chief Executive Officer; and Matteo Tarditi, our President and Chief Financial Officer. Sandy and Matteo will provide a business update, after which we'll take your questions. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that comments made by management during today's call may contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include plans, expectations, estimates and projections that might involve significant risks and uncertainties. These risks are discussed in the company's earnings release and SEC filings. Actual results may differ materially from these results discussed in these forward-looking statements. I'd like to point out that during today's call, management will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Definitions and reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included in our press release and at the end of our earnings presentation. I'd now ask you to turn to Slide 6 of our presentation as I turn the call over to Sandy. James Alexander Douglas: Thanks, Kristyn, and thank you, everyone, for joining us this morning. In the third quarter of fiscal 2026, UNFI continued to make steady progress on our value creation strategy that's focused on adding value for our customers and suppliers and becoming a more effective and efficient company. Through disciplined execution of our strategy, we generated strong profitability and free cash flow while continuing to strengthen our balance sheet and increase our financial …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Alexander Miller Douglas Jr. | Chief Executive Officer & Director | USD 2,986,864 | Male | 1962 | Active |
Giorgio Tarditi | President & COO | USD 1,781,222 | Male | 1974 | Active |
Louis Martin | Chief Commercial Officer | USD 1,543,592 | Male | 1971 | Active |
Mark Bushway | Chief Supply Chain Officer | USD 1,240,829 | Male | 1969 | Active |
Danielle Benedict | Chief Human Resource Officer | USD 1,153,391 | Female | 1973 | Active |
Michael S. Funk | Co-Founder & Independent Director | USD 108,750 | Male | 1954 | Active |
Richard Eric Esper | Chief Accounting Officer & Controller | — | Male | 1981 | Active |
Stacey Kravitz | President of Canada | — | Female | — | Active |
Jody Barrick | Senior Vice President of Bakery & Deli | — | — | — | Active |
Mario Maffie | Chief Information Officer | — | Male | — | Active |
Matthew T. Echols | Chief Corporate Affairs Officer | — | Male | 1972 | Active |
Ron Selders | President of Fresh | — | Male | — | Active |
Mahrukh Hussain | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | — | Female | 1972 | Active |
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