Host Digital vs Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
HOST and NGVC side by side, both in consumer staples. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HOST and NGVC compare
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is the larger company, worth 9.5 times as much as Host Digital ($672M against $70.4M).
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.0% versus −7.3% for Host Digital).
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.5% compared with −13.3% at Host Digital.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Host Digital does not pay one.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 0 for Host Digital), 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 | HOST | NGVC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $70.4M | $672M |
| Share price | $2.17 | $29.15 |
| Change, 1 year | −89.3% | −8.2% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 110% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.29 | 0.62 |
| Employees | 430 | 410 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 0 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 14.2× |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 20.1× | 2.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 6.9× |
| P/FCF | – | 29.6× |
| PEG | – | 0.49 |
| FCF yield | −3.8% | 3.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $1.61 | $31.03 |
| Margin of safety | −34.5% | 6.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −7.3% | 2.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 5.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 9.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 9.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 17.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.6% (better) | 29.6% |
| Operating margin | −8.7% | 4.7% (better) |
| Net margin | −13.3% | 3.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −3.7% | 1.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | −208% | 21.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −58.2% | 24.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.03 | 0.01 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.17 |
| Interest coverage | −8.0× | 23.4× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.51 | 1.10 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.75 | 3.54 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.1% |
| Payout ratio | – | 27.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | – | 40.0% |
| Held by insiders | 60.1% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$87.1K |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.81% | 4.1% |
Go deeper
- HOST stock overview
- HOST income statement
- HOST valuation and score
- NGVC stock overview
- NGVC income statement
- NGVC valuation and score
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