Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO)

In August 2025, Grocery Outlet's shares surged by 42.7% after its Q2 2025 results surpassed adjusted EPS expectations, and management raised its full-year adjusted EPS guidance, despite mixed profit metrics and margin pressure. In October 2025, Grocery Outlet received an upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), reflecting an upward trend in earnings estimates. In November 2025, the company reported Q3 2025 results with 5.4% revenue growth and 1.2% same-store sales growth, but its gross margin fell, and operating margin shrunk due to restructuring costs. An executive also sold 25,000 shares in November 2025. In December 2025, the stock reached a 52-week low of $10.21, with a one-year price return of -39.31%, attributed to broader challenges in the retail sector, shifting market dynamics, and consumer behavior. By January 2026, the stock hit a new 52-week low, trading as low as $9.74.

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Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. operates in the Consumer Staples sector, focusing on offering quality, name-brand consumables and fresh products at prices 40% to 70% below conventional retailers. Its product offerings include perishable items like dairy, deli, produce, floral, fresh meat, and seafood, as well as non-perishable grocery, general merchandise, health and beauty care, frozen foods, and beer and wine. The company's flexible buying model allows for a constantly rotating selection of opportunistic products, complemented by everyday staple products.

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. operates over 560 stores across sixteen states, including California, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Delaware, Kentucky, and Virginia. The company recently expanded its East Coast footprint by opening its first store in Virginia in February 2026.

In July 2025, Grocery Outlet released its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting positive achievements in sustainability, community engagement, and business growth, including raising $4.9 million through their Independence from Hunger Campaign, preventing 762 million pounds of food waste, and increasing food bank donations by 60% to 3.3 million pounds. A class-action lawsuit was filed in March 2025, alleging that Grocery Outlet announced significantly below-expectation guidance for Q2 2024 and reduced its full fiscal year 2024 guidance, leading to a significant drop in the stock price. In November 2025, a store refresh plan was initiated to address the lack of staple products and improve the business model, but there were concerns that this could risk diluting its "treasure-hunt" brand.

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. has significant institutional ownership, with 519 institutional owners and shareholders holding a total of 141,873,787 shares. Major institutional shareholders include BlackRock, Inc., Fmr Llc, Vanguard Group Inc, T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., IJR - iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp, Marshall Wace, Llp, State Street Corp, and Van Berkom & Associates Inc. Institutional investors and hedge funds control approximately 99.9% of the company's stock. Individual insiders own 3.19% of the shares, with S. Macgregor Read Jr. being the largest individual shareholder, owning 3.27 million shares.