Grocery Outlet vs Village Super Market
GO and VLGEA 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 VLGEA compare
Grocery Outlet is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Village Super Market ($1.3B against $633M).
Grocery Outlet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.1% versus 3.7% for Village Super Market).
Village Super Market keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.2% compared with −8.0% at Grocery Outlet.
Village Super Market pays a dividend yielding 2.3%; Grocery Outlet does not pay one.
Village Super Market scores higher on the StockData Score (18 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 | VLGEA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $633M |
| Share price | $12.93 | $42.77 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.8% | 36.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −44.6% | 86.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.53 | 0.32 |
| Employees | 2,207 | 7,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.3× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 5.5× |
| P/FCF | 106× | 11.5× (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.95% | 8.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $16.57 | $58.06 |
| Margin of safety | 22.0% | 26.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.1% (better) | 3.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.4% (better) | 3.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −4788% | −7.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −5629% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 30.0% (better) | 28.2% |
| Operating margin | −7.9% | 2.7% (better) |
| Net margin | −8.0% | 2.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.26% | 2.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | −38.1% | 10.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −20.7% | 11.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.62 | 0.10 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.76 |
| Interest coverage | – | 19.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.29 (better) | 1.14 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.56 | 3.94 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.3% |
| Payout ratio | – | 25.4% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 114% | 48.4% |
| Held by insiders | 6.6% | 27.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $7.4M (better) | −$1.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | 22.3% | 2.7% |
Go deeper
- GO stock overview
- GO income statement
- GO valuation and score
- VLGEA stock overview
- VLGEA income statement
- VLGEA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.