---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-023195"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFM"
cik: "0001575515"
company_name: "Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T03:35:56.136144+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sprouts Farmers Market Q3 net sales +5% YoY to $1.6B; raises full-year EPS guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $1.6B (+5% YoY), comp store sales +2.4%, diluted EPS $0.61 (+9% vs $0.56).
- Full-year 2022 guidance raised: net sales growth 4.5%-5.0%, adj. EPS $2.32-$2.36.
- Q4 outlook: comp sales ~2.0%, adj. EPS $0.35-$0.39.
- Ended Q3 with $316M cash, $250M drawn on $700M revolver; repurchased 1.6M shares ($44M).
- Opened 1 new store in Q3; total 379 stores in 23 states.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-023195
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFM
- cik: 0001575515
- company_name: Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017022023195/0000950170-22-023195-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017022023195/sfm-20221108.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. reported third fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2022 results: revenue $1.6 billion, EPS $0.61. Guidance raised.
  - Period: third fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2022
  - Revenue: $1.6 billion
  - EPS: $0.61
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales totaled $1.6 billion; a 5% increase from the same period in 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575515/000095017022023195/0000950170-22-023195-index.htm

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