Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage vs Weis Markets
NGVC and WMK 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 WMK compare
Weis Markets is the larger company, worth 2.9 times as much as Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage ($1.9B against $663M).
On earnings, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is cheaper: it trades at 14.0× trailing earnings, against 18.6× for Weis Markets.
Weis Markets grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.3% 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 2.1% at Weis Markets.
Both pay dividends: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage yields 2.1% and Weis Markets 1.3%.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 18 for Weis Markets), 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 | WMK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $663M | $1.9B |
| Share price | $28.75 | $78.73 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.0% | 19.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 107% | 25.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.62 | 0.19 |
| Employees | 410 | 22K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 18 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.0× (better) | 18.6× |
| P/S | 0.5× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× | 1.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.8× | 6.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 29.2× | 25.3× (better) |
| PEG | 0.49 | – |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | 3.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $31.27 | $81.68 |
| Margin of safety | 8.1% (better) | 3.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.0% | 4.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.1% (better) | 3.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.1% | 9.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 9.6% | 16.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 17.6% (better) | −3.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.6% (better) | 25.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.7% (better) | 2.6% |
| Net margin | 3.5% (better) | 2.1% |
| FCF margin | 1.7% (better) | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | 21.6% (better) | 7.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.1% (better) | 8.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.01 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.17 | – |
| Interest coverage | 23.4× | 2489× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.10 | 2.04 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.53 | 5.80 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% (better) | 1.3% |
| Payout ratio | 27.5% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 1.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.1% (better) | 1.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 40.0% | 46.3% |
| Held by insiders | 1.1% | 31.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$87.1K | $0 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | 16.4% |
Go deeper
- NGVC stock overview
- NGVC income statement
- NGVC valuation and score
- WMK stock overview
- WMK income statement
- WMK valuation and score
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