SFM · PEAD ↑ 70

Sprouts Farmers Market reported Q1 2026 EPS of $1.71 on 2026-04-30, beating the $1.6749 consensus by $0.0351 (+2.1%); prior-year comparable EPS is not available in the current feed.

Print-day reaction was +15.1% versus the prior close, a sharp gap-and-hold that carried SFM well above its pre-earnings range. The overnight gap into the next open added a further 0.1%, indicating no meaningful after-hours fade. Over the subsequent two trading sessions (T+1 through T+3) the stock drifted -3.0%, giving back a modest slice of the initial surge without erasing the core move. Cumulative abnormal return of +9.0% versus SPY.US over the full three-day window places this firmly in PEAD long territory; the documented drift pattern holds the read through 2026-07-28.