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Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI)

Sector:

Food Products

Index:

Nasdaq 100

Market Cap

$1,191.72m

Change Today

Price Down-$0.39 (-4.42%)

Share Price

$8.43

WFMI Overview

Whole Foods Market and its subsidiaries engage in the ownership and operation of natural and organic foods supermarkets. As of April 9, 2006, the company operated 171 stores in the United States and the District of Columbia; 3 stores in Canada; and 7 stores in the United Kingdom.

1 Day Chart (20-Nov-2008)

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 8.5% 7.8%
Div Cover 1.8 1.3
Op Mrgn 4.5% 2.7%
ROCE 44.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 6.5 8.9
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.1
Pr/Book 0.8  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 17.6% 20.7%
PBT -10.3% -29.3%
EPS -11.0% -26.9%
DPS -40.0% 1.3%

WFMI Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Sep-03 3,148.59 172.81 176.00¢ 15.2 0.9 +17% n/a 0.0%
26-Sep-04 3,864.95 215.85 211.00¢ 20.1 1.0 +20% 60.00¢ 1.4%
25-Sep-05 4,701.29 237.13 210.00¢ 30.7 n/a -0% 94.00¢ 1.5%
24-Sep-06 5,607.38 339.71 146.00¢ 40.6 n/a -30% 120.00¢ 2.0%
30-Sep-07 6,591.77 304.57 130.00¢ 37.7 n/a -11% 72.00¢ 1.5%

WFMI Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 7,953.91 215.43 95.00¢ 8.9 n/a -27% 72.96¢ 7.8%
30-Sep-09 8,318.29 230.07 83.14¢ 10.1 n/a -12% 37.44¢ 4.0%

Covering analysts: Actual, Argus Research, Barclays Capital, BB & T Capital Markets, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co, FTN Midwest Securities, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, JP Morgan, McAdams Wright Ragen, Morgan Stanley, Pali Research, Piper Jaffray, RBC Capital Markets, Standard & Poors, ThinkPanmure, William Blair

WFMI ShareCast News

Whole Foods wilts on profits miss 14-May-2008 ShareCast

WFMI Top Newspaper Links

Sunrise Shares Hit New Low; Company Enacts Defen... 20-Nov-2008 Washington Post
Private Equity Firm Buys 17% of Whole Foods 06-Nov-2008 New York Times
Recall Leads Whole Foods to a Change 12-Aug-2008 New York Times

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Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

WFMI Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $8.43  
Change Today -$0.39
52 Week High $43.72
52 Week Low $8.43
Volume 4,097,017
Shares Issued 141.37m
Market Cap $1,191.72m
Beta 0.94
RiskGrade 410

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 0
Neutral 12
Sell 0
Strong Sell 3
Total 17
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WFMI Dividends

No dividends found

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Time Volume / Share Price
15:59 100 @ $8.43
15:59 100 @ $8.44
15:59 500 @ $8.44
15:59 400 @ $8.45
15:59 700 @ $8.47

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