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United Natural Foods

Delivers groceries to supermarkets, including Whole Foods.

Company Health

25
/100
Weak
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2023–2026). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
4 of 25 · Poor
Less than $1 of every $100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
9 of 25 · Poor
Sales stayed about the same over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
5 of 25 · Poor
It would take about 10 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.
Does it bring in spare cash?
7 of 25 · Poor
After paying for buildings and equipment, $1 of every $100 in sales was left as spare cash.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · Nobody changed their stake
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Duquesne, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From United Natural Foods’ yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $26.9 billion in the year to Jul 2021 to $31.2 billion in the year to Aug 2026, and it made a profit in 4 of the 6 years.
FY2026
Sales
$31.2 billion
Profit
$84.0 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare in 5 of the 6 years, including $323 million in the year to Aug 2026.
FY2026
Spare cash
$323 million
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of Aug 2026 it owned $7.11 billion, including $37.0 million in cash, and owed $5.49 billion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for the year to Aug 2026.
Sales
$31.2 billion
Profit
$84.0 million
Spare cash
$323 million
Cash in the bank
$37.0 million
Everything it owes
$5.49 billion
Year ends
August
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Latest yearly report
10-K, filed Sep 14, 2026
Figures from United Natural Foods’ yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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