AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM)

Sprouts Q1 net sales rise 4%, EPS falls to $1.71; Q2 EPS guided to $1.32-$1.36

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Sprouts Farmers Market reported first-quarter 2026 net sales of $2.3 billion, up 4% from a year earlier, while diluted earnings per share fell to $1.71 from $1.81 and comparable store sales declined 1.7%. The company guided second-quarter diluted EPS to $1.32 to $1.36 and full-year 2026 diluted EPS to $5.32 to $5.48 on a 52-week basis, and it repurchased $140 million of stock in the quarter.

Key points

  • Net sales $2.3 billion, up 4% from the same period in 2025; comparable store sales (1.7)%
  • Diluted EPS $1.71 versus $1.81 in Q1 2025
  • Q2 2026 outlook: comparable store sales (2)% to 0%, diluted EPS $1.32 to $1.36
  • Full-year 2026 outlook (52-week basis): diluted EPS $5.32 to $5.48, EBIT $675 million to $695 million; 53rd week adds an estimated $0.21 to EPS

The filing

CompanySprouts Farmers Market (SFM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 29, 2026, 4:03 PM ET
Accession number0001575515-26-000020

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

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Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 29, 2026.

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