USFD Technical Analysis - US FOODS HOLDING CORP

Technical Rating and Analysis

Taking everything into account, USFD scores 4 out of 10 in our technical rating. USFD was one of the better performers in the overall market, it is still ok in the medium term time frame, but very the very recent evolution is negative.

Looking at the yearly performance, USFD did better than 74% of all other stocks.

USFD is part of the Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail industry. There are 40 other stocks in this industry. USFD outperforms 71% of them.

USFD is currently trading in the upper part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near a new high, so USFD is lagging the market slightly.

USFD has an average volume of 2255460 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

The long term trend is positive and the short term trend is negative. It is probably better to wait until this picture becomes clearer.

In the last month USFD has a been trading in a tight range between 76.03 and 80.31.

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US FOODS HOLDING CORP / USFD Weekly stock chart

US FOODS HOLDING CORP / USFD Daily stock chart

Setup Rating and Analysis

Although the technical rating is only medium, USFD does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a support zone below the current price at 76.35, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

66.06

85.53

We found 2 important support areas.

A support zone ranging from 75.83 to 76.35. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Support @66.73 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.

We can see 2 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 78.08 to 79.82. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @84.68 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for USFD is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for USFD is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	74.9	POSITIVE	USFD has a high relative strength, it outperformed 74.9% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	MIXED	The current price of USFD is below the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of USFD is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of USFD is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	45.64	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for USFD is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0	NEGATIVE	The MACD value suggests USFD has a negative trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	38.74	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for USFD is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.73	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for USFD suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	18.38	NEGATIVE	The low ADX value for USFD suggests a weak or negative trend.