The IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating for Sprouts Farmers Market increased from 94 to 96 Tuesday.
The new score tells you the company is now outperforming 96% of all stocks in terms of the most important fundamental and technical stock-picking criteria.
Sprouts Farmers Market is now out of buy range after clearing the 65.53 buy point in a flat base.
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The stock sports a 97 EPS Rating, meaning its recent quarterly and longer-term annual earnings growth is outpacing 97% of all stocks.
Its Accumulation/Distribution Rating of C shows a roughly equal amount of buying and selling by institutional investors over the last 13 weeks.
The company posted a 40% EPS gain for Q3. That means it's now posted two straight quarters of rising EPS gains. Sales growth increased 14%, up from 12% in the prior report. The company has now posted accelerating growth in each of the last three reports.
Sprouts Farmers Market holds the No. 1 rank among its peers in the Retail-Super/Mini Markets industry group. Natural Grocers and Village Super Market A are also among the group's highest-rated stocks.
