Last Updated: October 7, 2025
Analyzing Management
For asset managers and hedge funds, the quality of public company leadership plays a pivotal role in both early-stage due diligence and continuous risk assessment. ManagementTrack offers a consistent methodology that eliminates distractions—highlighting distinct strengths and vulnerabilities, identifying warning signs and positive indicators, and establishing a transparent connection between CEO choices and investment performance.
CEO Flitman’s ops & capital skills to expand margins and navigate market softness.
Analysis of US Foods CEO Dave Flitman
Dave Flitman’s proven operational discipline and capital allocation skills position him as a credible leader to drive margin expansion and navigate market softness for US Foods.
ManagementTrack’s analysis focuses on Dave Flitman’s track record and skillset against the following key factors for USFD:
- Deploying capital effectively via buybacks and portfolio moves.
- Mitigating inflation and soft demand to sustain performance.
- Re-accelerating case volume growth post-portfolio changes.
- Executing on self-help initiatives to drive margin expansion.
Report Available: Proprietary Interviews & Analysis on Dave Flitman Answers Key Questions
ManagementTrack reports provide track record analysis, career playbooks, strengths, and weaknesses for every CEO. They allow investors to dig deeper to uncover hard-to-find data to answer the most pressing questions.
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Question Answered #1
How does Flitman’s data-driven approach enable him to quickly identify the largest levers for improving operational performance and margins?
Question Answered #2
How has Flitman consistently adapted his operational playbook to drive shareholder value across different distribution industries?
Question Answered #3
How might Flitman’s intense focus on operational efficiency create potential blind spots, as suggested by more neutral feedback from former colleagues?
Why Do Investors Use ManagementTrack?
Q: What is ManagementTrack’s analysis of Dave Flitman at USFD?
A: ManagementTrack assesses Dave Flitman by conducting proprietary career analysis and interviewing former colleagues to build a detailed picture of his track record, strengths, and weaknesses. This profile is then benchmarked against USFD’s most critical priorities: deploying capital effectively through portfolio moves, mitigating inflation to sustain performance, re-accelerating case volume growth, and executing on initiatives to drive margin expansion.
Q: What additional methods does ManagementTrack employ to predict how management will impact future results?
A: ManagementTrack utilizes a suite of proprietary tools. Its models identify and flag unusual levels of executive evasion during earnings call Q&A. The platform also scrutinizes all insider transactions to isolate outlier trades that can predict future stock performance. These quantitative signals, when combined with the ManagementTrack Rating—a predictive 1-to-10 score for every executive—give investors a clear, forward-looking perspective on how management’s capabilities will influence company results.
Q: What is the scope of ManagementTrack’s coverage?
A: ManagementTrack provides real-time coverage of the C-suite for all publicly traded companies.
How to Learn More
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Author
Author: Colby Howard is the co-founder and President of Paragon Intel. Paragon Intel’s ManagementTrack is the premier executive analysis platform for hedge funds, asset managers, corporations, boards, and recruiters. Our proprietary data, built over a decade of analysis, allows us to analyze each public company executive to understand their fit and ability to execute at their company. We leverage our proprietary data – key quantitative research on an executive’s career plus interviews with their former colleagues – with public documents, including SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q), investor presentations, press releases, and earnings call transcripts. to build a holistic, evidence-based view of an executive’s capabilities and playbook.
Sources
- Verified Career History by ManagementTrack for Dave Flitman
- Analysis of Capital Allocation, Performance, and Fundamentals across career by ManagementTrack
- US Foods Holding Corp. 10Q
- US Foods Holding Corp. 10K
- US Foods Holding Corp. Earnings Calls
- US Foods Holding Corp. Press Releases
Relevant Links
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Data visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-data/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Interview & Analysis visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-reports/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Interview library visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-report-library/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Evasion Analysis visit: https://paragonintel.com/earnings-call-evasion/
- For more information on how ManagementTrack helps hedge funds and asset managers visit: https://paragonintel.com/
