# Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Defensive / Food & Staples Retailing. Price $12.38, market value $1.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.3×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.5×**. The shares trade at 1.5× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 1.0%** (5-yr avg 1.2%). Free cash flow equals 1.0% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 1.2%.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 30.0%**. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. keeps 30.0% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: -7.9%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -4.8%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -22.9%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -21.0%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -21.0%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -12.3%**. Each dollar of assets produces -12.3% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 7.3%** (3-yr 9.4%/yr, 5-yr 8.4%/yr). Revenue grew 7.3% over the last year, against 8.4% a year compounded over five years.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -675.0%**. Earnings per share fell 675.0%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -24.4%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -24.4% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.50**. Debt is 0.50 times equity, moderate leverage.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.07**. A Z-score of 2.07 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. does not currently pay a dividend.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: hold** (13 analysts). 13 analysts cover Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.; the consensus is hold, with an average price target of $10.73 (-13% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -31.7%** (YTD 22.6%, 3-mo 44.6%). The shares are down 31.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -31.0%** (118.9% above the low). Trading 31% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 68**. An RSI of 68 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.65** (volatility 53%). Beta of 0.65 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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