VLGEA vs. WMK, IMKTA, NGVC, KR, CASY, WMT, TRIP, WEN, ACVA, and ARHS
Should you be buying Village Super Market stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Village Super Market include Weis Markets (WMK), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Walmart (WMT), TripAdvisor (TRIP), Wendy's (WEN), ACV Auctions (ACVA), and Arhaus (ARHS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Village Super Market vs. Its Competitors
Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) and Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Weis Markets pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Village Super Market pays out 26.4% 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. Village Super Market is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Village Super Market. Village Super Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weis Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Weis Markets had 7 more articles in the media than Village Super Market. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Weis Markets and 0 mentions for Village Super Market. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Village Super Market's score of 0.00 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.0% of Weis Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.8% of Village Super Market shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Village Super Market has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.23%. Village Super Market's return on equity of 12.55% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.
Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Village Super Market has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Village Super Market beats Weis Markets on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:VLGEA) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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