UNFIUnited Natural Foods, Inc.

$46.91+12% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 38 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Below average. United Natural Foods, Inc. scores higher than 33% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by capital allocation and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.

Consumer Defensive median 63 · all companies 55

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
39
62
47
33
16
36
38
202120222023202420252026today

The biggest move was up 23 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly return on new capital.

Valuation

26% of the score, 30% here after data gaps

63median 53

United Natural Foods, Inc. is valued at 20.6x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
20.6x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

0median 24

Over 7 years the business earned 1.9% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
1.9%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 3.6%

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 18% here after data gaps

0median 33

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 36 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.

-5%
12%
-36%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 16% here after data gaps

71median 63

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 0.9% a year over 5 years: new shares
51
5%
-3%
0.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -1.1% a year, sales 2.9%
100
12%
-2%
-4.1%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others

n/ano data

Margins have been too thin to measure a cycle against.

Balance sheet

8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps

20median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA3x a year of EBITDA
38
4.5x
0.5x
3x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
2
1.5x
12x
1.7x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

94median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.2% of assets
91
8%
0%
-8%
-6.2%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.92
96
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.92
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For UNFI, cycle position could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-01, latest annual report FY2026.