VLGEA vs. IMKTA, NGVC, WMK, GO, KR, CASY, ARKO, MSS, ACI, and SFM
Should you be buying Village Super Market stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Village Super Market include Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Weis Markets (WMK), Grocery Outlet (GO), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM).
Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.4% of Village Super Market shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Village Super Market had 2 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Village Super Market and 2 mentions for Ingles Markets. Ingles Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Village Super Market's score of 1.23 indicating that Village Super Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ingles Markets has a net margin of 3.00% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 2.28%. Ingles Markets' return on equity of 12.09% beat Village Super Market's return on equity.
Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ingles Markets pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Village Super Market pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Village Super Market has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingles Markets received 168 more outperform votes than Village Super Market when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Village Super Market an outperform vote.
Ingles Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Village Super Market. Ingles Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Village Super Market, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ingles Markets beats Village Super Market on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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