Short interest on USFD sees a significant increase on 2025-06-13

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. US Foods Holding Corp shares valued at $1,125,000 were sold by Locascio Dirk J. on May 15 ’25. At $75.00 per share, Locascio Dirk J. sold 15,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 115,077 shares worth approximately $8.83 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Locascio Dirk J. purchased 15,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,125,000 in proceeds.

Before that, Locascio Dirk J. had sold 10,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $700,000, the EVP, Chief Financial Officer traded US Foods Holding Corp shares for $70.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,000 shares, worth approximately $8.83 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on May 23, 2025, US Foods Holding Corp [USFD] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $95. Analysts at Melius started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of February 20, 2024, UBS has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for USFD. Earlier on February 20, 2024, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for USFD stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing USFD Stock Performance

On last trading session,, US Foods Holding Corp [NYSE: USFD] rose 0.68% to $76.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $75.7, but it reached a high of $76.77 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.90%. Over the course of the year, US Foods Holding Corp shares have jumped approximately 41.11%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $79.64 on 05/30/25 and a 52-week low of $57.36 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for US Foods Holding Corp (USFD)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 76.02, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 75.32. In the upper region, resistance lies at 77.09. The next price resistance is at 77.46. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 56.02 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is US Foods Holding Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of US Foods Holding Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 0.24 million shares to 5.83 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 5.59 million shares. A jump of 4.11% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.88 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.88.

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In terms of US Foods Holding Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 65 in the next 12 months, down nearly -14.69% from the previous closing price of $76.19. Analysts anticipate US Foods Holding Corp stock to reach 90 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 34. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked US Foods Holding Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 21, 2023, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $45.

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