Village Super Market (VLGEA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, WMK or VLGEA?

Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Village Super Market has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WMK or VLGEA a better dividend stock?

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 2.7%. Weis Markets pays out 34.1% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WMK or VLGEA?

39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.0% of Weis Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.8% of Village Super Market shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WMK or VLGEA 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
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%
Village Super Market	2.29%	12.15%	5.50%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WMK or VLGEA?

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
Weis Markets	$4.81B	0.41	$103.83M	$3.99	18.43
Village Super Market	$2.30B	0.24	$50.46M	$3.79	9.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WMK or VLGEA?

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

Does the media favor WMK or VLGEA?

In the previous week, Weis Markets had 4 more articles in the media than Village Super Market. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Weis Markets and 2 mentions for Village Super Market. Village Super Market's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Weis Markets' score of 1.03 indicating that Village Super Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

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