Company Analysis

US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)

NYSE: USFD · Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products · Rosemont, IL · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade6.8
◀ Past 6.5● Present 7.3▶ Future 6.2

The grade of US Foods Holding Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past6.525% of the headline
● Present7.345% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $23 billion in fiscal 2016 to $39 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.2%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 23% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 34% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.8%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.6% a year. 59% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, US Foods Holding Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 59% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 37% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 16%: 16¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, US Foods Holding Corp. earned about 16 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 49 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 69 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 44% of its family
  • return on equitytop 8% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 35 in its family; net margin 1.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $39 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 7% by size; a net margin of 1.7% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of 5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 27% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$39.42Btop 7% of its family
  • net margin1.7%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 43% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Flitman, David E (Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-01-09, 3.8 years (top 48% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (bottom 30%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 10%; 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 17 peopletop 10% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 30% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.8 yearstop 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 47% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $41 million against debt of $5.1 billion leaves -36% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.4% of revenue (top 33%); a gross margin of 17.4% (top 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-36.0%bottom 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.4%top 33% of its family
  • gross margin17.4%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 29% of 35 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5% a year over the last three filed years against 6.2% over all 10, slowing (top 39% of its family); the newest year grew 4.1% (top 39%); capital spending grew 15.7% a year (top 11%) (its annual reports). US Foods Holding Corp. reported 7 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product One at $14 billion (35%), Product Two at $6.7 billion (17%), Product Three at $6.6 billion (17%), and 4 more; 6 of 7 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.2 points a yeartop 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.1%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.7%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 33% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

US Foods Holding Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $39 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.3% below the $40 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $676 million against a prior three-year average of $422 million (top 17%); a net margin of 1.7% against 1.2% before (top 27%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.3%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+60%top 17% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.5 pointstop 27% of its family

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

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