Village Super Market (VLGEA) Competitors

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VLGEA or WMK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Village Super Market	$2.28B	0.24	$50.46M	$3.64	10.04
Weis Markets	$4.81B	0.41	$103.83M	$3.99	18.50

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

39.0% of Village Super Market shares are held by institutional investors. 56.8% of Village Super Market shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Weis Markets shares are held 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.

Does the media favor VLGEA or WMK?

In the previous week, Weis Markets had 4 more articles in the media than Village Super Market. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Weis Markets and 1 mentions for Village Super Market. Village Super Market's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Weis Markets' score of 1.76 indicating that Village Super Market is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Village Super Market	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Weis Markets	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLGEA or WMK?

Weis Markets received 71 more outperform votes than Village Super Market when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Village Super Market an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Village Super Market	Outperform Votes 132 58.93%	Underperform Votes 92 41.07%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 203 65.91%	Underperform Votes 105 34.09%

Is VLGEA or WMK more profitable?

Village Super Market has a net margin of 2.29% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.01%. Village Super Market's return on equity of 12.15% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Village Super Market	2.29%	12.15%	5.50%
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, VLGEA or WMK?

Village Super Market has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VLGEA or WMK a better dividend stock?

Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Village Super Market pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 34.1% 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. Village Super Market is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Weis Markets beats Village Super Market on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.