---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-001959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFM"
cik: "0001575515"
company_name: "Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:48:20.410252+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sprouts Q4 net sales $1.49B, EPS $0.32; full year comp store sales -6.7%

## Summary
- Q4 2021 net sales $1.49B, down 7% YoY due to extra Q4 2020 week; up 9% vs Q4 2019.
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.32 vs $0.58 in Q4 2020; net income $36M vs $68M.
- FY 2021 net sales $6.1B, down 6% from FY 2020; comparable store sales -6.7%.
- FY 2021 net income $244M, diluted EPS $2.10 vs $2.43 in FY 2020.
- Opened 12 new stores in FY 2021; repurchased 7.4M shares for $188M; $245M cash at year end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-001959
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFM
- cik: 0001575515
- company_name: Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017022001959/0000950170-22-001959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017022001959/sfm-20220224.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-001959.txt

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