What is United Natural Foods's free cash flow?

United Natural Foods generated free cash flow of $323.00M in fiscal 2026 (fiscal year ended Aug 1, 2026), operating cash flow of $540.00M minus $217.00M of capital expenditures. That was up 35.1% from $239.00M a year earlier. Free cash flow equaled 1.0% of revenue.

How much does United Natural Foods spend on capital expenditures?

United Natural Foods spent $217.00M on capital expenditures in fiscal 2026, compared with $231.00M a year earlier. That equals 40.2% of operating cash flow.

What is free cash flow?

Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. It is the cash a company has left for dividends, buybacks, debt repayment or acquisitions after funding its operations and investment.

United Natural Foods (UNFI) Cash Flow: Operating & Free Cash Flow

United Natural Foods Cash Flow Statement Analysis

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Cash flow statement showing operating, investing, and financing activities for United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) - Annual data in billions USD
Breakdown	FY 2026	FY 2026	FY 2025	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017
Period ending	Aug 2026	Jul 2026	Aug 2025	Jul 2025	Aug 2024	Jul 2024	Jul 2023	Jul 2022	Jul 2021	Jul 2020	Jul 2019	Jul 2018	Jul 2017
Operating Activities
Net Income	-	0.08	-0.12	-0.12	-0.11	-0.11	0.02	0.25	0.30	-0.26	-0.29	0.17	0.13
Depreciation & Amortization	-	0.30	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.30	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.25	0.09	0.09
Deferred Income Tax	-	0.03	-	-0.06	-	-0.05	-0.04	0.06	0.00	-0.07	-0.06	-0.01	0.00
Stock Based Compensation	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Change in Working Capital	-	0.01	0.27	0.27	0.01	0.01	0.17	-0.37	0.15	-0.06	0.02	-0.16	0.04
Change in Accounts Receivable	-	0.13	-0.14	-0.14	-0.07	-0.07	0.33	-0.11	0.02	-0.12	0.05	-0.07	-0.04
Change in Inventory	-	0.13	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.10	-0.06	-0.26	0.01	-0.11	0.18	-0.11	-0.01
Change in Accounts Payable	-	-0.12	0.20	0.20	-0.08	-0.08	0.05	0.09	0.02	0.11	-0.02	0.00	0.09
Change in Other Working Capital	-	-0.13	0.28	0.00	-0.16	0.05	-0.15	-0.08	-0.04	0.07	-0.19	0.01	-0.01
Other Operating Activities	-	0.06	-0.05	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.16	0.11	-0.01	0.55	0.36	0.03	0.03
Net Cash from Operating Activities	0.54	0.54	0.47	0.47	0.25	0.25	0.62	0.33	0.61	0.46	0.28	0.11	0.28
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures	-0.22	-0.22	-0.23	-0.23	-0.35	-0.35	-0.32	-0.25	-0.31	-0.17	-0.23	-0.04	-0.06
Acquisitions	-	0.00	-	0.03	-	0.03	0.02	0.23	0.08	0.15	-2.11	0.00	-0.01
Purchases of Investments	-	-0.01	-0.02	-0.02	-0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Sales/Maturities of Investments	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
Other Investing Activities	-	0.06	-	0.00	-	-0.02	-0.03	-0.03	0.00	0.03	0.08	0.00	0.00
Net Cash from Investing Activities	-0.17	-0.17	-0.22	-0.22	-0.34	-0.34	-0.34	-0.05	-0.48	0.00	-2.26	-0.05	-0.06
Financing Activities
Debt Repayment	-	-0.30	-0.12	-3.77	-0.19	0.11	-0.18	-0.24	-0.79	-0.46	1.98	-0.03	-0.22
Common Stock Issued	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.00	0.00
Common Stock Repurchased	-	-0.05	-0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.00	-0.06	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.00	-0.02	0.00
Other Financing Activities	-0.01	-0.03	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.05	-0.04	-0.02	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
Net Cash from Financing Activities	-0.38	-0.38	-0.25	-0.25	0.09	0.09	-0.29	-0.28	-0.38	-0.45	2.00	-0.05	-0.22
Summary
Effect of Forex Changes on Cash	-	0.00	-	0.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Net Change in Cash	-0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.01	0.00	-0.01	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.00
Cash at Beginning of Period	-	0.04	-	0.04	-	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02
Cash at End of Period	-	0.04	-	0.04	-	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02
Free Cash Flow	0.32	0.32	0.24	0.24	-0.09	-0.09	0.30	0.08	0.30	0.28	0.06	0.06	0.22
Supplemental Disclosures
Interest Paid	-	-	0.15	-	0.16	-	0.13	0.13	0.15	-	-	-	-
Income Taxes Paid	-	-	0.00	-	-0.01	-	0.00	0.01	-0.02	-	-	-	-

Source: Company financial statements from annual and quarterly filings. Data as of Aug 1, 2026. Data sources and methodology

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