All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-26.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2018-12-18); a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, the latest 2025-06-26) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+14.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $9.3 billion in fiscal 2017 to $31 billion in fiscal 2026, up 14.4% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 1.1% a year. 4% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 2 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-08-01, United Natural Foods Inc's diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 4% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-13, buying about $573 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 77%: owes 77¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-08-01, United Natural Foods Inc earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 59 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 77 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 4.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 36% of 35 in its family; net margin 0.3%.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $31 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 13% by size; a net margin of 0.3% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 44% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 43% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Douglas, J Alexander Jr (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-08-10, 5.3 years (top 43% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 25%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 48%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 40% of 35 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $37 million against debt of $1.6 billion leaves -21.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1% of revenue (bottom 47%); a gross margin of 13.5% (bottom 41%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 32% of 35 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 1% a year over the last three filed years against 14.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 19% of its family); the newest year grew -2% (bottom 47%); capital spending grew -12.4% a year (bottom 30%) (its annual reports). United Natural Foods Inc reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Natural at $17 billion (55%), Conventional at $12 billion (38%), Retail at $2.2 billion (7%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 32% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
United Natural Foods Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $31 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 4.3% below the $33 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 36% of its family); net income of $84 million against a prior three-year average of $69 million (top 2%); a net margin of 0.3% against -0.2% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made