Grocery Outlet vs Ingles Markets
GO and IMKTA side by side, both in consumer staples. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GO and IMKTA compare
Ingles Markets is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Grocery Outlet ($1.6B against $1.3B).
Grocery Outlet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.1% versus 1.0% for Ingles Markets).
Ingles Markets keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.9% compared with −8.0% at Grocery Outlet.
Ingles Markets pays a dividend yielding 0.78%; Grocery Outlet does not pay one.
Ingles Markets scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 7 for Grocery Outlet), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GO | IMKTA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $1.6B |
| Share price | $12.93 | $84.11 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.8% | 21.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −44.6% | 11.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.53 | 0.38 |
| Employees | 2,207 | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.3× |
| P/B | 1.6× | 0.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 6.2× |
| P/FCF | 106× | 10.7× (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.95% | 9.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $16.57 | $81.84 |
| Margin of safety | 22.0% (better) | −2.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.1% (better) | 1.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.4% (better) | 3.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −4788% | 84.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −5629% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 30.0% (better) | 24.5% |
| Operating margin | −7.9% | 2.6% (better) |
| Net margin | −8.0% | 1.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.26% | 2.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | −38.1% | 6.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −20.7% | 6.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.62 | 0.30 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.17 |
| Interest coverage | – | 7.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.29 | 3.21 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.56 | 4.47 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.78% |
| Payout ratio | – | 11.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.78% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 114% | 74.9% |
| Held by insiders | 6.6% | 2.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $7.4M (better) | $44.0K |
| Short interest, % of float | 22.3% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- GO stock overview
- GO income statement
- GO valuation and score
- IMKTA stock overview
- IMKTA income statement
- IMKTA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.