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Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market) Peter Lynch Fair Value : $8.97 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Whole Foods Market Peter Lynch Fair Value?

Peter Lynch Fair Value applies to growing companies. The ideal range for the growth rate is between 10 - 20% a year. Peter Lynch thinks that the fair P/E value for a growth company equals its growth rate, that is PEG = 1. The earnings here is trailing twelve month (TTM) earnings. For non-bank companies, the growth rate we use is the average growth rate for EBITDA per share over the past 5 years. For Banks, the growth rate we use is the average growth rate for Book Value per share over the past 5 years. If 5-Year Growth Rate is greater than 25% a year, we use 25. If 5-Year Growth Rate is smaller than 5% a year, we do not calculate Peter Lynch Fair Value.

Here, as of today, Whole Foods Market's PEG is 1. Whole Foods Market's 5-Year TTM EBITDA Growth Rate is 7.35. Whole Foods Market's EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $1.22. Therefore, the Peter Lynch Fair Value for today is $8.97.

As of today (2024-04-26), Whole Foods Market's share price is $41.99. Whole Foods Market's Peter Lynch fair value is $8.97. Therefore, Whole Foods Market's Price to Peter Lynch Fair Value Ratio for today is 4.68.


The historical rank and industry rank for Whole Foods Market's Peter Lynch Fair Value or its related term are showing as below:



WFM's Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 1.08
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value only.

Note: Please don't confuse Peter Lynch Fair Value with the value reached in Peter Lynch Chart.


Whole Foods Market Peter Lynch Fair Value Historical Data

The historical data trend for Whole Foods Market's Peter Lynch Fair Value can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Whole Foods Market Peter Lynch Fair Value Chart

Whole Foods Market Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16
Peter Lynch Fair Value
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.96 20.11 19.66 17.49 13.80

Whole Foods Market Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
Peter Lynch Fair Value Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.40 13.80 11.54 9.60 8.39

Competitive Comparison of Whole Foods Market's Peter Lynch Fair Value

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Whole Foods Market's Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Whole Foods Market's Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Whole Foods Market's Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Whole Foods Market's Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value falls into.



Whole Foods Market Peter Lynch Fair Value Calculation

Whole Foods Market's Peter Lynch Fair Value for today is calculated as

Peter Lynch Fair Value=PEG Ratio*5-Year TTM EBITDA Growth Rate***EPS without NRI (TTM)
=1* 7.35 *1.22
=8.97

Whole Foods Market's EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.22.


* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

** Please be aware that the 5-Year TTM EBITDA Growth Rate is calculated based on TTM data over the last 5 years. For quarterly reported companies, the TTM data adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months. For companies that report semi-annually, annually, or do not have enough quarterly data, GuruFocus uses the annual data as the TTM data.

If 5-Year Earnings Growth Rate is greater than 25% a year, we use 25.

If 5-Year Earnings Growth Rate is smaller than 5% a year, we do not calculate Peter Lynch Fair Value.

Please note that we use the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate for non-bank companies, as EBITDA growth is subject to less manipulations than net earnings per share. For banks, we use the 5-year average growth rate of Book Value per share as the growth rate. The reason is that EBITDA is not applicable to Banks and Book value is a relative important measurement for Banks. In the calculation, PEG=1 because Peter Lynch thinks that the fair P/E ratio of the growth stock is equal to its earnings growth rate.


Whole Foods Market  (NAS:WFM) Peter Lynch Fair Value Explanation

Peter Lynch Fair Value applies to growing companies. The ideal range for the growth rate is between 10 - 20% a year.

Peter Lynch thinks that the fair P/E value for a growth company equals its growth rate, that is PEG = 1. The earnings here is trailing twelve month (TTM) earnings. For non-bank companies, the growth rate we use is the average growth rate for EBITDA per share over the past 5 years. For Banks, the growth rate we use is the average growth rate for Book Value per share over the past 5 years.

Please don't confuse Peter Lynch Fair Value with the value reached in Peter Lynch Chart. In Peter Lynch chart, a fixed P/E ratio of 15 is used to draw the Earnings Line. Therefore the value reached has a P/E ratio of 15. But in Peter Lynch Fair Value calculation, P/E equals to the growth rate of EBITDA per share over the past 5 years, which is 7.35 instead of 15 in this case.

Whole Foods Market's Price to Peter Lynch Fair Value Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Peter Lynch Fair Value=Share Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value
=41.99/8.97
=4.68

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market) Business Description

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Whole Foods Market is the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods by units and is the first certified organic grocer in the United States. Whole Foods' only operating segment consists of natural and organic foods supermarkets. As of fiscal 2016, the company had 456 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The average store size is about 39,000 square feet. About 15% of the company's sales were derived from the sale of private-label products. The company announced a pending acquisition by Amazon in June 2017.
Executives
Scott F Powers director STATE STREET CORPORATION, ONE LINCOLN STREET, BOSTON MA 02111
Sharon Mccollam director C/O OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED, 263 SHUMAN BLVD., NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Ken C Hicks director 150 N. ORANGE GROVE BLVD, PASADENA CA 91103
Mary Ellen Coe director 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Gabrielle Sulzberger director 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, FLOOR 13, NEW YORK NY 10017
Glenda J Flanagan officer: Executive Vice President 550 BOWIE STREET, AUSTIN TX 78703
Joseph D Mansueto director C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 225 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Robb Walter E Iv director 550 BOWIE STREET, AUSTIN TX 78703
Ralph Z Sorenson director WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC. 550 BOWIE STREET AUSTIN TX 78703
William A Tindell director 500 FREEPORT PARKWAY, COPPELL TX 75019
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