How to buy Performance Food Group Company stock

Performance Food Group Company is a food distribution business based in the US. Performance Food Group Company shares (PFGC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Performance Food Group Company employs 20,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

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Performance Food Group Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-23.

52-week range	$19.63 - $59.89
50-day moving average	$56.46
200-day moving average	$48.56
Wall St. target price	$62.70
PE ratio	29.1383
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.93

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Is Performance Food Group Company under- or over-valued?

Valuing Performance Food Group Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Performance Food Group Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Performance Food Group Company's P/E ratio

Performance Food Group Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 29x. In other words, Performance Food Group Company shares trade at around 29x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Performance Food Group Company's PEG ratio

Performance Food Group Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.0307. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Performance Food Group Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Performance Food Group Company's EBITDA

Performance Food Group Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $469.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Performance Food Group Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Performance Food Group Company financials

Revenue TTM	$26.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	0.49%
Gross profit TTM	$2.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	1.2%
Return on equity TTM	-10.19%
Profit margin	-0.65%
Book value	$15.51
Market capitalisation	$7.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Performance Food Group Company shares

There are currently 2.9 million Performance Food Group Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Performance Food Group Company's "short interest". This figure is 16% down from 3.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Performance Food Group Company shares can be evaluated.

Performance Food Group Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Performance Food Group Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Performance Food Group Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Performance Food Group Company shares traded daily (recently around 876592.37804878). Performance Food Group Company's SIR currently stands at 3.28. In other words for every 100,000 Performance Food Group Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3280 shares are currently held short.

However Performance Food Group Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Performance Food Group Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Performance Food Group Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Performance Food Group Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Performance Food Group Company shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0246% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Performance Food Group Company shares, roughly 25 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Performance Food Group Company.

Find out more about how you can short Performance Food Group Company stock.

Performance Food Group Company share dividends

We're not expecting Performance Food Group Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Performance Food Group Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Performance Food Group Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $19.63 up to $59.89. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Performance Food Group Company's is 1.7055. This would suggest that Performance Food Group Company's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Performance Food Group Company overview

Performance Food Group Company, through its subsidiaries, markets and distributes food and food-related products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Foodservice and Vistar. The company offers a range of frozen foods, including meats, fully prepared appetizers and entrees, fruits, vegetables, and desserts; canned and dry foods; fresh meats; dairy products; beverage products; imported specialties; fresh produce; and candy, snack, and other products, as well as beef, seafood, shortenings and oils, baked goods, salad dressings, teas and cocoas, pork, and others. It also supplies various non-food items, such as paper products comprising pizza boxes, disposable napkins, plates, and cups; tableware that include china and silverware; cookware, which comprise pots, pans, and utensils; restaurant and kitchen equipment and supplies; cigarettes and other tobacco products; and cleaning supplies. In addition, the company offers value-added services related to foodservice distribution, including electronic order-taking, payment, and other Internet based services; various reports and other data, menu planning advice, food safety training, and assistance in inventory control, as well as access to various third-party services designed to add value to its customers' businesses. It serves independent and chain restaurants, schools, business and industry locations, hospitals, vending distributors, office coffee service distributors, retailers, theaters, convenience stores, and hospitality providers, as well as franchises and other institutional customers. The company markets and distributes approximately 200,000 food and food-related products from 109 distribution centers to approximately 200,000 customer locations.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Performance Food Group Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.243% of Performance Food Group Company shares are held by insiders and 99.926% by institutions.

• How many people work for Performance Food Group Company?

  Latest data suggests 20,000 work at Performance Food Group Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for Performance Food Group Company?

  Performance Food Group Company's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Performance Food Group Company based?

  Performance Food Group Company's address is: 12500 West Creek Parkway, Richmond, VA, United States, 23238

• What is Performance Food Group Company's ISIN number?

  Performance Food Group Company's international securities identification number is: US71377A1034

• What is Performance Food Group Company's CUSIP number?

  Performance Food Group Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 71377A103