Performance Food GroupPFGC
Market Cap: 10.4B
About: Performance Food Group Co is the third-largest U.S. food-service distributor behind Sysco and us Foods, with 9% market share. PFG's food-service business (52% of 2022 sales) provides customized food products and services (such as product selection and procurement) to independent and chain restaurants, and institutional customers. Acquisitions of Eby-Brown (2019) and Core-Mark (2021) enabled PFG to tap into the convenience store segment (41% of sales), offering convenience products, marketing programs, and technology solutions to convenience stores, drug stores, and other such channels. The firm's Vistar business (7% of sales) is a national distributor of candy, snacks, and beverages to vending and office coffee service distributors, theaters, and hospitality providers.
Employees: 35,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q1 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
86% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 80 | Existing positions closed: 43
44% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $15.6M | Put options by funds: $10.8M
10% more funds holding
Funds holding: 376 [Q4 2023] → 413 (+37) [Q1 2024]
5% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $10.4B [Q4 2023] → $10.9B (+$524M) [Q1 2024]
2.56% less ownership
Funds ownership: 96.74% [Q4 2023] → 94.17% (-2.56%) [Q1 2024]
11% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q4 2023] → 8 (-1) [Q1 2024]
18% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 125 | Existing positions reduced: 153
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price forecasts over the past 6 months
6 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley Brian Harbour | 14%upside $76 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 16 Jul 2024 |
Barclays Jeffrey Bernstein | 26%upside $84 | Overweight Maintained | 9 May 2024 |
Morgan Stanley Brian Harbour | 20%upside $80 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 12 Apr 2024 |
Barclays Jeffrey Bernstein | 29%upside $86 | Overweight Maintained | 8 Feb 2024 |
BMO Capital Kelly Bania | 20%upside $80 | Outperform Maintained | 8 Feb 2024 |