Performance Food Group Shares Fall on 2Q Earnings Miss

Dow Jones
Feb 04

By Elias Schisgall

 

Shares of Performance Food Group fell after the company cut its full-year outlook and posted second-quarter earnings short of Wall Street expectations.

The stock was down 13% to $84.76 in Wednesday morning trading. Shares have shed 6.6% over the past 12 months.

The food service distributor on Wednesday posted a fiscal second-quarter profit of $61.7 million, or 39 cents a share, up from $42.4 million, or 27 cents a share, a year earlier.

Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted earnings came in at 98 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet were looking for $1.09 a share in adjusted earnings.

Net sales rose 5.2% to $16.44 billion, up from $15.64 billion a year prior. Analysts had been expecting $16.52 billion.

For the third quarter, PFG is forecasting net sales of between $16 billion and $16.3 billion, compared with analyst expectations of $16.23 billion.

PFG cut its full-year outlook slightly, projecting net sales between $67.25 billion and $68.25 billion, down from a previous range of between $67.5 billion and $68.5 billion.

 

Write to Elias Schisgall at elias.schisgall@wsj.com

 

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February 04, 2026 10:06 ET (15:06 GMT)

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