PFGC Consumer Defensive

Performance Food Group Company

$96.51-4.29%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 10, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Food Distribution
Country: United States
Market cap: 15.2B USD
Enterprise value: 20.4B USD
Full-time employees: 43,560

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.87 vs a peer median of 0.41), though less than the overall market and more debt relative to equity (1.02× vs a peer median of 0.42×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 0.87 vs peers 0.41) and more debt vs equity (1.02× vs peers 0.42×)
About average: valuation

Ranks #583 of 761 consumer defensive companies (bottom 24%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Stock pay outran buybacks. Stock-based pay expense $141M vs $137M spent repurchasing shares over the 3 fiscal years to FY Jun 2026. Shares outstanding changed +2.0% from July 2023 to August 2026.
Over three fiscal years Performance Food recorded $141M of stock-based pay expense and spent $137M repurchasing shares (repurchases can include shares withheld to cover employees' taxes). Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.Over three fiscal years Performance Food recorded $141M of stock-based pay expense and spent $137M repurchasing shares. Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.
Cash flow well above reported profit. Free cash flow is 2.9× reported profit.
Free cash flow is 2.9× reported profit. Large non-cash charges, such as depreciation, amortization or stock-based pay, reduce reported profit without using cash.
Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $30.4B in FY Jun 2021 to $67.8B in FY Jun 2026.
Performance Food's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Jun 2026, from $30.4B to $67.8B.
Thin margins. Operating margin 1.3% (12 months to Jun 2026) vs a peer median of 7.6%.Operating margin 1.3% vs peers 7.6%.
Performance Food keeps 1.3% of revenue as operating profit, less than most peers (median 7.6%), leaving less room if costs rise.

StockQuotient Score

36/ 100

Oct 5 37 → Nov 4 36 (-1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

41/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Held back by:

▼ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield2.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score -0.72Sector median: 0.0453 · MAD: 0.0301

EBITDA yield8.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score -0.06Sector median: 0.0865 · MAD: 0.0435

Free cash flow yield6.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.12Sector median: 0.0622 · MAD: 0.0441

Other data (not scored)

Book yield32.2%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5381 · MAD: 0.2865

Growth

Is it growing?

62/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Revenue growth
▲ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth4.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.13Sector median: 0.0154 · MAD: 0.2529

3-year revenue growth5.8%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.46Sector median: 0.0366 · MAD: 0.0470

Revenue growth7.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.75Sector median: 0.0278 · MAD: 0.0585

Profitability

Does it earn well?

27/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROA

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin1.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.24Sector median: 0.0759 · MAD: 0.0508

Return on assets1.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.78Sector median: 0.0396 · MAD: 0.0262

Return on invested capital7.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.09Sector median: 0.0766 · MAD: 0.0673

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin11.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3182 · MAD: 0.1263

Return on equity7.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0831 · MAD: 0.0675

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Safety percentile 16 → 15

Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.87

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.76Sector median: 0.4070 · MAD: 0.1690

Current ratio1.51×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.02Sector median: 1.5250 · MAD: 0.6460

Debt / equity1.02×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.67Sector median: 0.4234 · MAD: 0.3581

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Performance Food

Is Performance Food getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Oct 9, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 36/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Performance Food valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 41/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings yield 2.4% vs a peer median of 4.5% (weaker than 70% of peers).Earnings yield 2.4% vs peers 4.5% (weaker than 70% of peers).
Is Performance Food growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 62/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Revenue growth 7.2% vs a peer median of 2.8% (stronger than 69% of peers).Revenue growth 7.2% vs peers 2.8% (stronger than 69% of peers).
How profitable is Performance Food?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 27/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Operating margin 1.3% vs a peer median of 7.6% (weaker than 84% of peers).Operating margin 1.3% vs peers 7.6% (weaker than 84% of peers).
How risky is Performance Food?: Higher risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.87 vs a peer median of 0.41 (weaker than 89% of peers).Beta 0.87 vs peers 0.41 (weaker than 89% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 27, 2026 · filed Oct 9, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 28, 2026

No major changes

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	66.7B USD	67.8B USD	+1.6%
Net income (12 months)	328.5M USD	359.3M USD	+9.4%
Operating margin	1.2%	1.3%	+0.1 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	1.0B USD	1.0B USD	+1.4%
Debt	5.1B USD	5.0B USD	−2.2%
Shares outstanding	157.1M	157.5M	+0.3%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Defensive · 91 companies

Valuations in Consumer Defensive are within their usual range since 2016.

30% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
18% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values −4% and earnings +7% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −58% vs the whole market, against a usual −39%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Defensive: too few Food Distribution companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Jun 2022	FY Jun 2023	FY Jun 2024	FY Jun 2025	FY Jun 2026	Change
Gross margin	10.3%	10.9%	11.3%	11.7%	11.9%	▲ 0.2 pts
Operating margin	0.6%	1.3%	1.4%	1.3%	1.3%	▲ 0.0 pts
Net margin	0.2%	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	▼ 0.0 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	0.9%	3.2%	3.3%	1.9%	1.9%	▲ 0.0 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	3.4%	10.6%	10.6%	7.6%	7.3%	▼ 0.3 pts
Free cash flow margin	0.1%	1.0%	1.3%	1.1%	1.5%	▲ 0.4 pts
Current ratio	1.66×	1.71×	1.64×	1.58×	1.51×	▼ 4.2%
Quick ratio	0.71×	0.75×	0.76×	0.72×	0.67×	▼ 6.3%
Debt to equity	1.18×	0.92×	0.78×	1.20×	1.02×	▼ 15%
Interest coverage	1.79×	3.51×	3.56×	2.28×	2.15×	▼ 5.8%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.87 vs a peer median of 0.41), though less than the overall market and more debt relative to equity (1.02× vs a peer median of 0.42×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 0.87 vs peers 0.41) and more debt vs equity (1.02× vs peers 0.42×)

About average: valuation

Ranks #583 of 761 consumer defensive companies (bottom 24%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Stock pay outran buybacks. Stock-based pay expense $141M vs $137M spent repurchasing shares over the 3 fiscal years to FY Jun 2026. Shares outstanding changed +2.0% from July 2023 to August 2026.

Over three fiscal years Performance Food recorded $141M of stock-based pay expense and spent $137M repurchasing shares (repurchases can include shares withheld to cover employees' taxes). Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.Over three fiscal years Performance Food recorded $141M of stock-based pay expense and spent $137M repurchasing shares. Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.

Cash flow well above reported profit. Free cash flow is 2.9× reported profit.

Free cash flow is 2.9× reported profit. Large non-cash charges, such as depreciation, amortization or stock-based pay, reduce reported profit without using cash.

Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $30.4B in FY Jun 2021 to $67.8B in FY Jun 2026.

Performance Food's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Jun 2026, from $30.4B to $67.8B.

Thin margins. Operating margin 1.3% (12 months to Jun 2026) vs a peer median of 7.6%.Operating margin 1.3% vs peers 7.6%.

Performance Food keeps 1.3% of revenue as operating profit, less than most peers (median 7.6%), leaving less room if costs rise.

Questions investors ask about Performance Food

Is Performance Food getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Oct 9, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 36/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Performance Food valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 41/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings yield 2.4% vs a peer median of 4.5% (weaker than 70% of peers).Earnings yield 2.4% vs peers 4.5% (weaker than 70% of peers).

Is Performance Food growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 62/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Revenue growth 7.2% vs a peer median of 2.8% (stronger than 69% of peers).Revenue growth 7.2% vs peers 2.8% (stronger than 69% of peers).

How profitable is Performance Food?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 27/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Operating margin 1.3% vs a peer median of 7.6% (weaker than 84% of peers).Operating margin 1.3% vs peers 7.6% (weaker than 84% of peers).

How risky is Performance Food?

Higher risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.87 vs a peer median of 0.41 (weaker than 89% of peers).Beta 0.87 vs peers 0.41 (weaker than 89% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

66.7B USD

67.8B USD

+1.6%

Net income (12 months)

328.5M USD

359.3M USD

+9.4%

Operating margin

1.2%

1.3%

+0.1 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

1.0B USD

1.0B USD

+1.4%

Debt

5.1B USD

5.0B USD

−2.2%

Shares outstanding

157.1M

157.5M

+0.3%

Key ratios

FY Jun 2022

FY Jun 2023

FY Jun 2024

FY Jun 2025

FY Jun 2026

Change

Gross margin

10.3%

10.9%

11.3%

11.7%

11.9%

▲ 0.2 pts

Operating margin

0.6%

1.3%

1.4%

1.3%

▲ 0.0 pts

Net margin

0.2%

0.7%

0.5%

▼ 0.0 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

0.9%

3.2%

3.3%

1.9%

▲ 0.0 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

3.4%

10.6%

7.6%

7.3%

▼ 0.3 pts

Free cash flow margin

0.1%

1.0%

1.3%

1.1%

1.5%

▲ 0.4 pts

Current ratio

1.66×

1.71×

1.64×

1.58×

1.51×

▼ 4.2%

Quick ratio

0.71×

0.75×

0.76×

0.72×

0.67×

▼ 6.3%

Debt to equity

1.18×

0.92×

0.78×

1.20×

1.02×

▼ 15%

Interest coverage

1.79×

3.51×

3.56×

2.28×

2.15×

▼ 5.8%