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Whole Foods cuts outlook after sales, profit fall short

Telsey Advisory Group now has a market perform rating on the grocer’s stock.

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Vetr Inc. has also taken action a number of other stocks recently. Finally, Bank of America cut Whole Foods Market to a neutral rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th.

For the third quarter, the company posted a profit of 43 cents a share, missing Wall Street estimates by 2 cents.

Whole Foods Market traded in a range for the bulk of Wednesday’s session and closed down by 0.12 at $40.82 on above average volume. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The reported EPS was below estimates by $-0.02 or -4.44%. (Whole Foods Market) is a retailer of natural and organic foods and grocer. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Over time, Robb said Whole Foods will get past the setback through its various efforts, including an ongoing push to make prices more affordable. The disclosure for this sale can be located here. That 40,000-square-foot location will open in the summer of 2017, and will be the first Whole Foods in Kirkland. One package was overpriced by $4.85. The business has market capitalization of $14.67 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.68.

WFM achieved success for years because it was really the only option in the health food market. Sales were $3.63 billion in the period, which ended July 5. And in the current quarter so far, the company said sales were up just 0.6 percent. Whole Foods Market’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter previous year. As per the latest information, Oppenheimer Lowers the price target to $48.00 per share from a prior target of $50.00. The ex-dividend day was Tuesday, June 30th.

“We are really excited about the progress we have made with securing real estate in markets where there is high demand for both quality food and value in a convenient format”, said Jeff Turnas, president of 365 by Whole Foods Market. (NASDAQ:WFM) stock moving to $51.437 within the next year.

Whole Foods Market operates another store in Mount Pleasant at 923 Houston Northcutt Blvd.in Patriots Plaza Shopping Center.

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Whole Foods, which specializes in delivering organic produce continues to face strong competition and aggressive pricing from key competitors including Wal-Mart (WMT), Costco (COST) and Kroger (KR) as they penetrate the organic food and beverage markets with offerings of their own. The Company’s merchandise selection includes seafood, meat, grocery store, bakery, prepared meals and catering, espresso, tea, beer, wine, cheese, nutritional supplements, vitamins, body care, and life-style products including pet products, publications, and home items.

365 by Whole Foods Market stores also are planned in California Texas and Washington