Grocery Outlet (GO) Competitors

Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GO or WMK?

Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Grocery Outlet. Weis Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grocery Outlet	$4.04B	0.51	$79.44M	$0.64	32.50
Weis Markets	$4.70B	0.43	$103.83M	$3.75	19.98

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GO or WMK?

Weis Markets received 176 more outperform votes than Grocery Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.69% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 32.89% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grocery Outlet	Outperform Votes 25 32.89%	Underperform Votes 51 67.11%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 201 65.69%	Underperform Votes 105 34.31%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GO or WMK?

99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, GO or WMK?

Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GO or WMK?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 1 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 6 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Grocery Outlet's score of 0.34 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grocery Outlet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Weis Markets	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GO or WMK more profitable?

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.14% compared to Grocery Outlet's net margin of 1.60%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 7.40% beat Grocery Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grocery Outlet	1.60%	5.46%	2.24%
Weis Markets	2.14%	7.40%	5.07%

Do analysts rate GO or WMK?

Grocery Outlet presently has a consensus price target of $28.82, suggesting a potential upside of 38.55%. Given Grocery Outlet's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Grocery Outlet is more favorable than Weis Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grocery Outlet	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Weis Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Weis Markets beats Grocery Outlet on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.