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BMO Capital Remains Sidelined as United Natural Foods (UNFI) Continues to Evolve

March 8, 2016 7:08 AM EST
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Price: $11.49 -3.2%

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    8 Buy, 23 Hold, 7 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 11 | New: 11
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BMO Capital reiterated a Market Perform rating and $32.00 price target on United Natural Foods (NASDAQ: UNFI) following the company's 2Q earnings report. UNFI reported EPS of $0.49, compared to BMO's $0.48 estimate. UNFI continues to evolve with, both the announcement of a new operating structure to become more regionally structured with its sales organization with Pacific, and Central & Atlantic regions with territory managers now selling the complete suite of available products offered in that region.

Analyst Kelly Bania commented, "UNFI reported F2Q16 EPS of $0.49 (25% YoY), at the high end of pre-announced (2/29) ranges and vs our $0.48 estimate with a slightly lower interestexpense vs our model. F16 guidance was essentially unchanged (FCF slightlyhigher) despite the announcement of the acquisition of Global Organics."

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Shares of United Natural Foods closed at $36.26 yesterday.



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