Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Competitors

In the previous week, Village Super Market had 3 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Village Super Market and 1 mentions for Ingles Markets. Village Super Market's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Village Super Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Village Super Market has a net margin of 2.27% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.93%. Village Super Market's return on equity of 10.80% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Village Super Market has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of Village Super Market shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ingles Markets pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Village Super Market pays out 27.2% 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.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.27%. Given Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is more favorable than Ingles Markets.

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ingles Markets pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 28.8% 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. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 4 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 1 mentions for Ingles Markets. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Ingles Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingles Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a net margin of 3.60% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.93%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity of 22.26% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the broader market.

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kroger has a consensus target price of $74.73, suggesting a potential upside of 17.52%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kroger is more favorable than Ingles Markets.

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Kroger has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

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

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Kroger shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Kroger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Kroger had 32 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Kroger and 1 mentions for Ingles Markets. Kroger's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Kroger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Ingles Markets has a net margin of 1.93% compared to Kroger's net margin of 0.69%. Kroger's return on equity of 41.08% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ingles Markets pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 91.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kroger has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Kroger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Ingles Markets pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.1% 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. Ingles Markets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Casey's General Stores had 18 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Casey's General Stores and 1 mentions for Ingles Markets. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Casey's General Stores has a consensus price target of $761.36, suggesting a potential downside of 0.07%. Given Casey's General Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Casey's General Stores is more favorable than Ingles Markets.

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the broader market.

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.83% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.93%. Casey's General Stores' return on equity of 17.56% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Casey's General Stores has higher revenue and earnings than Ingles Markets. Ingles Markets 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.