United Natural Foods, Inc.

UNFI Consumer Defensive Food Distribution

United Natural Foods, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended July 2026) was $31.2 billion, down 1.99% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−0.70%
EPS
+141.3%
Free cash flow
+11.8%
Total debt
−16.1%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

46.16 2.13 −4.41%
Market cap
$2.8B
P/E
33.2×
Fwd P/E
16.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.15
Beneish M
−2.91
Dividend safety
n/a

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) Operating margin

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United Natural Foods, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 0.68%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.88% (fiscal 2019) to 2.96% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is below the Food Distribution industry median of 1.79% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 0.68% 0.78
FY2025 −0.10% (0.13)
FY2024 0.03% (0.37)
FY2023 0.40% (1.06)
FY2022 1.46% 0.37
FY2021 1.09% 1.82
FY2020 −0.73% 0.15
FY2019 −0.88% (3.07)
FY2018 2.19% (0.25)
FY2017 2.44% (0.21)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 0.90% 0.05
Apr 2026 0.85% 0.13
Jan 2026 0.72% 0.48
Oct 2025 0.24% 1.25
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −0.88% High 2.96%
Ten-year median 0.89%
Current reading's percentile 47

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
WILCF G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. compare 12.8%
CHEF The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. compare 4.14%
SYY Sysco Corporation compare 3.54%
USFD US Foods Holding Corp. compare 3.35%
AVO Mission Produce, Inc. compare 1.79%
ANDE The Andersons, Inc. compare 1.62%
PFGC Performance Food Group Company compare 1.36%
UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. 0.68%
HFFG HF FOODS GROUP INC. compare −2.75%
Food Distribution industry median 1.79%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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