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$466.38 +7.73 (+1.69%)
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CASY vs. KR, WMK, IMKTA, NGVC, VLGEA, CPRT, CVNA, PAG, KMX, and MUSA

Should you be buying Casey's General Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Casey's General Stores include Kroger (KR), Weis Markets (WMK), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Copart (CPRT), Carvana (CVNA), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), CarMax (KMX), and Murphy USA (MUSA).

Casey's General Stores vs.

Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) and Kroger (NYSE:KR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, Kroger had 29 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Kroger and 15 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Kroger's score of 0.86 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Casey's General Stores
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kroger
25 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Kroger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kroger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.85%. Kroger's return on equity of 27.73% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Casey's General Stores3.57% 17.17% 7.99%
Kroger 1.85%27.73%6.35%

Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kroger has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Casey's General Stores currently has a consensus target price of $430.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.24%. Kroger has a consensus target price of $67.06, suggesting a potential downside of 8.09%. Given Kroger's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kroger is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Casey's General Stores
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Kroger
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 34.9% 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. Casey's General Stores has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Kroger has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

Kroger received 483 more outperform votes than Casey's General Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.33% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Casey's General StoresOutperform Votes
655
63.04%
Underperform Votes
384
36.96%
KrogerOutperform Votes
1138
65.33%
Underperform Votes
604
34.67%

Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Casey's General Stores$15.55B1.12$501.97M$14.3532.68
Kroger$147.12B0.33$2.16B$3.6719.88

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Kroger on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CASY vs. The Competition

MetricCasey's General StoresAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.40B$8.77B$24.47B$8.02B
Dividend Yield0.44%1.58%170.03%4.22%
P/E Ratio32.6822.8323.5118.94
Price / Sales1.122.404.29107.30
Price / Cash18.2519.0319.4134.62
Price / Book5.764.515.844.34
Net Income$501.97M$310.64M$786.75M$248.06M
7 Day Performance3.25%0.23%1.75%3.30%
1 Month Performance12.78%8.57%6.04%14.00%
1 Year Performance49.39%0.17%2.19%4.84%

Casey's General Stores Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.0896 of 5 stars
$466.38
+1.7%
$430.33
-7.7%
+46.1%$17.31B$15.55B32.5042,500News Coverage
Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.0605 of 5 stars
$70.45
+0.6%
$66.50
-5.6%
+31.4%$46.51B$147.12B18.62420,000
WMK
Weis Markets
0.97 of 5 stars
$82.09
+0.8%
N/A+39.4%$2.20B$4.79B22.9723,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
2.8656 of 5 stars
$60.88
-0.4%
N/A-12.6%$1.15B$5.45B14.6426,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
1.3395 of 5 stars
$48.69
+0.2%
N/A+191.0%$1.12B$1.27B30.994,170Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.0524 of 5 stars
$35.43
+0.1%
N/A+27.4%$521.60M$2.28B10.197,180
CPRT
Copart
2.8166 of 5 stars
$59.96
-1.5%
$58.00
-3.3%
+10.9%$57.82B$4.51B40.1711,700Positive News
CVNA
Carvana
3.9856 of 5 stars
$241.96
+2.0%
$254.76
+5.3%
+111.4%$51.54B$13.67B154.0016,600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.4037 of 5 stars
$157.34
+0.0%
$170.00
+8.0%
+2.4%$10.52B$30.46B11.4626,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
KMX
CarMax
4.6674 of 5 stars
$65.14
+0.2%
$87.73
+34.7%
-3.0%$9.94B$26.35B22.0832,600
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.2531 of 5 stars
$493.42
+0.4%
$539.00
+9.2%
+28.2%$9.75B$20.24B20.3415,100Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CASY) was last updated on 5/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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