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Sprouts Farmers Market SFM Return on invested capital

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4.9%-0.9pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.3B+4.1%
Gross profit$917.3M+3.5%
Operating income$215.3M-4.9%
Net income$163.7M-9.1%
EPS (diluted)$1.71-5.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$252.2M-11.7%
Total debt$2.0B+14.8%
Total equity$1.4B+11.4%
Total assets$4.3B+14.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$235.3M-21.3%
CapEx$101.2M+70.1%
Free cash flow$134.1M-44.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$7.57B-51.5%
Enterprise value$9.29B-45.3%
P/E14.9×-20.1×
P/S0.9×-1.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin38.7%+0.3pp
Operating margin7.6%+0.4pp
Net margin5.7%+0.2pp
FCF margin4.1%-1.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity37.3%+1.5pp
Debt / equity1.4×0.0×
Current ratio0.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Sprouts Farmers Market’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Sprouts Farmers Market’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Sprouts Farmers Market's return on invested capital?
Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) reported return on invested capital of 17.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Sprouts Farmers Market's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Sprouts Farmers Market's return on invested capital increased by 0.9% year-over-year, from 17.1% to 17.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Sprouts Farmers Market's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Sprouts Farmers Market's return on invested capital has grown at a 1.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 16.5% to 18.1%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.