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Performance Food Group Co

$PFGC·$16B·Food Distribution·Consumer Defensive
$99.32+0.1%1Y-5.7%
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PFPFGC
$PFGCPerformance Food Group Co
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $PFGC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-21

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

US foodservice distributor missing on fuel costs — the tape is stuck, the value multiple keeps hoping for margin recovery.

Performance Food Group is a top-3 US foodservice distributor — Foodservice, Vistar (vending/theater), Convenience segments. A cyclical low-margin business where fuel, labor, and product-mix inflation directly hit gross profit per case.

  • Q4 revenue grew 6.4% year-on-year to $18.0B — modest growth, and Q4 EPS came in at $1.59 vs $1.60 consensus (0.6% miss) driven by higher fuel costs; the pattern of missing on fuel is a recurring drag.
  • Trades at ~45x trailing GAAP earnings but forward fiscal 2027 consensus EPS $5.79 works out to ~18x — a reasonable distribution-services multiple, and the value case rests on margin recovery in that forward period.
  • Sits at the 63rd percentile of the 52-week range and is 5% below the 50-day trend — the tape is genuinely stuck; not distributing but not building either.
  • Recent insider activity is routine F-InKind grant settlements from multiple officers (Grosh, Bulmer, King) — no directional cluster.

What restarts the move upward is Nov 4 fiscal Q1 confirming fuel-cost headwinds have moderated alongside operating margin expansion year-on-year. What sustains the stall is another quarter of fuel-cost-driven margin compression; the equity has no growth catalyst without operating leverage, and the recent Board updates are administrative rather than strategic.

What to watch: Nov 4 fiscal Q1 earnings — operating margin trajectory and fuel-cost commentary. Watch same-store case growth versus peers as the demand-side read on foodservice demand.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Fiscal Q1 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Foodservice distributor marketing and delivering food products to restaurants, convenience stores, and specialty venues across North America.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Food Distribution sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $PFGC.

Food Distribution · Consumer Defensive

Packaged food volume erosion is the ongoing structural tension; private label share gains and consumer trade-down are squeezing branded food margins. GLP-1 weight-loss drug adoption is an emerging structural demand headwind for high-calorie categories.

What this means for $PFGC

Partial — consumer discretionary / retail performance tracks consumer spending trends; Performance Food Group Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketi.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
45.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
1.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
7.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
11.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.6Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 12, 2026$1.59$1.60-0.6%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.80$0.78+3.2%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$0.98$1.07-8.4%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$1.18$1.21-2.5%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $1.30

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$18.0B+6.4%12.0%1.8%$1.03$223.6M
Q3 FY26$16.3B+6.4%11.9%0.9%$0.27$542.3M
Q2 FY26$16.4B+5.2%12.0%1.2%$0.40$487.8M
Q1 FY26$17.1B+10.8%11.8%1.3%$0.60$-224.1M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$67.9B$67.7B – $68.2B$4.61$4.41 – $4.6210
FY27$72.8B$71.1B – $74.6B$5.79$5.60 – $5.9710
FY28$75.3B$72.5B – $77.2B$7.00$5.82 – $8.3811
FY29$78.4B$74.7B – $81.4B$8.21$6.61 – $9.636
FY30$82.7B$79.8B – $84.7B$8.91$8.51 – $9.194

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.50%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-9.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+2.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 154.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 25Erika T DavisSee Remarks1.3K sh$139KSellAug 25Donald S. BulmerSee Remarks1.4K sh$142KSellAug 25King A BrentSee Remarks1.3K sh$139KSellAug 24Donald S. BulmerSee Remarks10.5K sh$1.1MSellAug 21King A BrentSee Remarks1.2K sh$123KSellAug 21Erika T DavisSee Remarks1.2K sh$123KSellAug 21Chasity D GroshSee Remarks643 sh$67KSellAug 20King A BrentSee Remarks8.0K sh$836KSellAug 20Erika T DavisSee Remarks8.0K sh$835KSellAug 18King A BrentSee Remarks1.5K sh$160K
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+ 39 other (26 inkinds · 7 awards · 6 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 248-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Performance Food Group Company (PFGC, Richmond VA), one of the largest US foodservice distributors, filed a current report on August 24, 2026 disclosing a change in executive officers or directors (Item 5.02) with exhibits (Item 9.01). The specific details of the leadership change are not visible in the excerpt. Leadership changes at a major food distribution company can be material to operational continuity.

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
+ 7 other (3 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 10-K · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Performance Food Group Company to Participate in the Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Conferencegurufocus.com·7d agoPerformance Food Group Company to Participate in the Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Conferencebusinesswire.com·7d agoExecutive Sells Shares of Food Supplier, Following 130% Rallyfool.com·8d agoPerformance Food Group Company Announces Board Updatesbusinesswire.com·14d agoPFGC Q4 Earnings Miss on Higher Fuel Costs, Sales Increase Y/Yzacks.com·20d ago
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