Maison Solutions vs Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
MSS 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 MSS and NGVC compare
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is the larger company, worth 24 times as much as Maison Solutions ($663M against $27.8M).
Maison Solutions grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.2% versus 2.0% for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage).
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.5% compared with −10.1% at Maison Solutions.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Maison Solutions does not pay one.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 2 for Maison Solutions), 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 | MSS | NGVC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $27.8M | $663M |
| Share price | $0.912 | $28.75 |
| Change, 1 year | −96.3% | −12.0% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 107% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.30 | 0.62 |
| Employees | 378 | 410 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 2 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 14.0× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 3.6× | 2.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 6.8× |
| P/FCF | – | 29.2× |
| PEG | – | 0.49 |
| FCF yield | – | 3.4% |
| Fair value | – | $31.27 |
| Margin of safety | – | 8.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.2% (better) | 2.0% |
| 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 | 20.1% | 29.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | −8.0% | 4.7% (better) |
| Net margin | −10.1% | 3.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 1.7% |
| Return on equity | −122% | 21.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −72.8% | 24.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.01 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.17 |
| Interest coverage | −3.8× | 23.4× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 1.10 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.11 | 3.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.1% |
| Payout ratio | – | 27.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 0.16% | 40.0% |
| Held by insiders | – | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$227K | −$87.1K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.1% |
Go deeper
- MSS stock overview
- MSS income statement
- MSS valuation and score
- NGVC stock overview
- NGVC income statement
- NGVC valuation and score
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