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Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market) Risk Assessment


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What is Whole Foods Market Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Whole Foods Market is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.


Competitive Comparison of Whole Foods Market's Risk Assessment

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Whole Foods Market's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Whole Foods Market's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Whole Foods Market's Risk Assessment falls into.



Whole Foods Market  (NAS:WFM) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.


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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
Green Equity Investors V, L.p. other: See General Remarks. 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Gei Capital V, Llc other: See General Remarks. 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green Equity Investors Side V, L.p. other: See General Remarks. 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green V Holdings, Llc other: See General Remarks. 11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Lgp Management Inc other: See General Remarks. 11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD, STE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025

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