SFM SEC Filing News — Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

Latest SEC filings for Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-14.

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of fresh, natural, and organic food products in the United States. The company operates healthy grocery stores; and lifestyle-friendly ingredients, such as organic, plant-based, keto, paleo, non-GMO, and gluten-free. The company also offers perishable product categories, including produce, meat and meat alternatives, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, …
Sector: Consumer Defensive Industry: Grocery Stores Market Cap: $6.0B CIK: 1575515
20
Total Filings
0
Bullish Classifications
8
Bearish Classifications
9
Insider Transactions
3
Material Events (8-K)
1
Periodic Reports
Rule-based classifications for SFM currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 8 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.
SFM Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-06-08 — 2026-10-14
Insider Transactions (Form 4)
0 buys vs 8 sells
Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.
Largest Form 144 Filing
$1.90M
Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) · 2026-08-05
21,576 shares · Form 4
Form 144 Notices
7
Proposed insider sales filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.
Insider Transactions 9 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 9 filings in this group are Form 4s for Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 9 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 8 open-market sale and 1 compensation award. 8 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Open-market sale ×8
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Compensation award ×1
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-10-05

SFM insider Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) sold 21,576 shares (~$1.39M)

Sinclair Jack, listed as Director, Chief Executive Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 21,576 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $64.77 $698.7K
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $64.48 $695.6K
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 21,576 Est. Value: $1.39M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-09

SFM insider Hamilton Dustin (Chief Stores Officer) sold 292 shares (~$23.5K)

Hamilton Dustin, listed as Chief Stores Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 292 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 292 $80.36 $23.5K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hamilton Dustin (Chief Stores Officer) Shares: 292 Est. Value: $23.5K
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-09-03

SFM insider Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) sold 21,576 shares (~$1.74M)

Sinclair Jack, listed as Director, Chief Executive Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 21,576 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $82.66 $891.7K
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $78.25 $844.1K
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 21,576 Est. Value: $1.74M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-17

SFM insider O'Leary Joseph D (Director) sold 2,597 shares (~$214.4K)

O'Leary Joseph D, listed as Director at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 2,597 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 2,597 $82.57 $214.4K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: O'Leary Joseph D (Director) Shares: 2,597 Est. Value: $214.4K
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-05

SFM insider Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) sold 21,576 shares (~$1.90M)

Sinclair Jack, listed as Director, Chief Executive Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 21,576 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $89.34 $963.8K
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $86.80 $936.4K
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 21,576 Est. Value: $1.90M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-07-08

SFM insider Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) sold 21,576 shares (~$1.86M)

Sinclair Jack, listed as Director, Chief Executive Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 21,576 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $87.41 $943.0K
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $84.87 $915.6K
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 21,576 Est. Value: $1.86M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-06-12

SFM insider Konat Nicholas (President & COO) sold 12,538 shares (~$1.10M)

Konat Nicholas, listed as President & COO at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 12,538 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 12,538 $87.90 $1.10M
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Konat Nicholas (President & COO) Shares: 12,538 Est. Value: $1.10M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-06-09

SFM insider Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) sold 21,578 shares (~$1.82M)

Sinclair Jack, listed as Director, Chief Executive Officer at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 21,578 SFM shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
M Option exercise 10,790 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,790 $82.04 $885.3K
M Option exercise 10,788 $16.47 $177.7K
S Open-market sale 10,788 $86.92 $937.7K
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,790 — —
M Option exercise derivative · Stock Option (right to buy) 10,788 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Sinclair Jack (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 21,578 Est. Value: $1.82M
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-08

SFM insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

JHAWAR ANDREW (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
A Compensation award 2,894 — —
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: JHAWAR ANDREW (Director) Shares: 2,894
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Proposed Insider Sales 7 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. has 7 such notices in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-10-02

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-08

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-01

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-14

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-03

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-07-06

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-06-11

SFM Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale

An insider at Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed a Form 144 notifying the SEC of an intent to sell shares. Form 144 is a proposed sale notice rather than confirmation that a sale already happened.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Material Events 3 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 3 in this period for Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-14

SFM filed 8-K — material company event

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Read the SEC filing for the full details.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-09-01

SFM filed 8-K — material company event

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Read the SEC filing for the full details.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-07-29

SFM filed 8-K — material company event

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Read the SEC filing for the full details.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →
Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-07-29

SFM filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)
View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

How we classify Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.'s filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on SFM. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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