Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage - NGVC Stock Forecast, Price & News

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's stock was trading at $9.14 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, NGVC stock has increased by 17.9% and is now trading at $10.78.
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 177,900 shares, an increase of 35.6% from the February 13th total of 131,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 72,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE:NGVC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 19th. The specialty retailer reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.11. The specialty retailer had revenue of $264.18 million for the quarter. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.81% and a net margin of 1.54%.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 24th.
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.72%. The dividend payout ratio is 54.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Sunday, February, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.70-$0.90 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.77. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

347 employees have rated Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Chief Executive Officer Kemper Isely on Glassdoor.com. Kemper Isely has an approval rating of 54% among the company's employees. This puts Kemper Isely in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NGVC."

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.60%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.65%), Shelton Capital Management (1.06%), Morgan Stanley (0.84%), Green Alpha Advisors LLC (0.53%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.49%).
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Shares of NGVC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NGVC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.78.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) has a market capitalization of $245.03 million and generates $1.09 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $21.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.73 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,173 workers across the globe.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's mailing address is 12612 W. ALAMEDA PARKWAY, LAKEWOOD CO, 80228. The official website for the company is www.naturalgrocers.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (303) 986-4600 or via email at tdissinger@naturalgrocers.com.