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Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. had return on equity of 38.4% and a net margin of 5.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2011Jan 20122012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Jan 20162016Jan 20172017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Jan 20212021Jan 20222022Jan 20232023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin−2.5%1.1%2.1%3.6%3.6%3.1%3.4%3.0%2.7%4.4%4.0%4.1%3.8%4.9%5.9%5.4%
Return on equity−10.3%6.0%11.4%18.0%17.1%16.6%23.9%25.6%25.6%39.3%26.5%26.0%23.6%30.8%38.4%33.8%
Return on assets—1.8%4.5%8.5%9.2%8.7%10.5%9.7%6.8%10.4%8.5%8.7%8.1%10.9%13.4%11.5%
Effective tax rate—43.9%38.9%38.1%37.4%37.4%22.9%19.0%23.7%23.7%24.3%25.2%24.7%24.9%24.0%25.3%
SG&A as % of revenue5.3%4.8%3.4%3.2%3.0%26.5%26.7%27.0%27.5%28.8%28.7%29.0%29.3%29.7%29.2%29.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 2 checks passed · September 27, 2026
What it owns · $4.5bn
Short-term assets $736mLonger-term assets $3.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $4.5bn
Short-term liabilities $759mLonger-term liabilities $2.2bnShareholders' equity $1.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $736m of assets due within a year against $759m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $736m short-term assets against $2.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

69 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Sprouts Farmers Market's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 15 / 20

    Net income has been a median 9.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 36.6%, moving by 1.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 5.5%; its worst year was 3.6%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 4.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 18.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.