G. Willi-Food International (WILC) Competitors

Vestis (NYSE:VSTS) and G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VSTS or WILC?

97.4% of Vestis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of G. Willi-Food International shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Vestis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.1% of G. Willi-Food International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VSTS or WILC?

G. Willi-Food International received 189 more outperform votes than Vestis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave G. Willi-Food International an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Vestis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vestis	Outperform Votes 10 33.33%	Underperform Votes 20 66.67%
G. Willi-Food International	Outperform Votes 199 66.56%	Underperform Votes 100 33.44%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VSTS or WILC?

Vestis has higher revenue and earnings than G. Willi-Food International. Vestis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than G. Willi-Food International, 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
Vestis	$2.81B	0.27	$20.97M	-$0.18	-32.19
G. Willi-Food International	$157.88M	1.49	$19.28M	$1.39	12.22

Is VSTS or WILC more profitable?

G. Willi-Food International has a net margin of 12.20% compared to Vestis' net margin of -0.89%. G. Willi-Food International's return on equity of 12.20% beat Vestis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vestis	-0.89%	5.36%	1.62%
G. Willi-Food International	12.20%	12.20%	10.69%

Does the media refer more to VSTS or WILC?

In the previous week, Vestis had 31 more articles in the media than G. Willi-Food International. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Vestis and 3 mentions for G. Willi-Food International. G. Willi-Food International's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Vestis' score of -0.07 indicating that G. Willi-Food International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vestis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
G. Willi-Food International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer VSTS or WILC?

Vestis currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 102.76%. Given Vestis' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vestis is more favorable than G. Willi-Food International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vestis	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
G. Willi-Food International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, VSTS or WILC?

Vestis has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, G. Willi-Food International has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VSTS or WILC a better dividend stock?

Vestis pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. G. Willi-Food International pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Vestis pays out -77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. G. Willi-Food International pays out 41.7% 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. G. Willi-Food International has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. G. Willi-Food International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

G. Willi-Food International beats Vestis on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.