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US Foods USFD Return on invested capital

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12.8%-0.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$9.6B+2.8%
Gross profit$1.7B+2.4%
Operating income$216.0M-3.6%
Net income$116.0M+0.9%
EPS (diluted)$0.52+6.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$49.0M-51.5%
Total debt$5.2B+7.5%
Total equity$4.3B-6.1%
Total assets$14.2B+3.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$294.0M-24.8%
CapEx$98.0M+16.7%
Free cash flow$196.0M-36.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$20.65B+34.8%
Enterprise value$25.76B+28.7%
P/E30.5×+1.4×
P/S0.5×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin17.4%0.0pp
Operating margin3%0.0pp
Net margin1.7%+0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity15.1%+4.0pp
Debt / equity1.2×+0.2×
Current ratio1.1×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from US Foods’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: US Foods’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is US Foods's return on invested capital?
US Foods (USFD) reported return on invested capital of 9.6% in Q1 2026.
How has US Foods's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
US Foods's return on invested capital increased by 3.4% year-over-year, from 9.3% to 9.6%.
What is the long-term trend for US Foods's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), US Foods's return on invested capital has grown at a 36.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 10.7% to 37.1%.
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.