Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage vs Sprouts Farmers Market
NGVC and SFM side by side, both in consumer staples. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How NGVC and SFM compare
Sprouts Farmers Market is the larger company, worth 7.0 times as much as Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage ($4.6B against $661M).
On earnings, Sprouts Farmers Market is cheaper: it trades at 9.5× trailing earnings, against 13.9× for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage.
Sprouts Farmers Market grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.2% versus 2.0% for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage).
Sprouts Farmers Market keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with 3.5% at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Sprouts Farmers Market does not pay one.
Sprouts Farmers Market scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 19 for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage), 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 | NGVC | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $661M | $4.6B |
| Share price | $28.69 | $49.70 |
| Change, 1 year | −25.7% | −52.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 121% | 106% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.61 | 0.57 |
| Employees | 410 | 36K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 | 6 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.9× | 9.5× (better) |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 2.8× (better) | 3.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.7× | 5.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 29.1× | 13.0× (better) |
| PEG | 0.49 | 0.31 (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | 7.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $30.47 | $82.15 |
| Margin of safety | 5.8% | 39.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.0% | 7.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 6.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.1% (better) | 3.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 9.6% (better) | 7.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.6% (better) | 16.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 38.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 7.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.7% | 4.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 21.6% | 35.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 24.1% | 42.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.01 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.17 | – |
| Interest coverage | 23.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.10 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.53 | 3.78 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | – |
| Payout ratio | 27.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 8.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.1% | 8.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 40.0% | 111% |
| Held by insiders | 1.1% | 0.83% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$87.1K (better) | −$20.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.7% | 14.5% |
Go deeper
- NGVC stock overview
- NGVC income statement
- NGVC valuation and score
- SFM stock overview
- SFM income statement
- SFM valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.