Sprouts Farmers Market is a natural and organic food retailer. Co. categorizes the varieties of products it sells as perishable and non-perishable. Perishable product categories include produce, meat, seafood, deli, bakery, floral and dairy and dairy alternatives. Non-perishable product categories include grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care. While it focuses on providing an offering of natural and organic produce, Co.'s stores include the following departments: packaged groceries, meat and seafood, deli, vitamins and supplements, dairy and dairy alternatives, bulk items, baked goods, frozen foods, and beer and wine. We show 44 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our SFM shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute SFM market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing SFM market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing SFM's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of SFM versus a peer is one thing; comparing
SFM market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like SFM can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching SFM by allowing them to research the SFM market cap history. |
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