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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC) Competitors

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$38.66 -1.14 (-2.86%)
Closing price 08/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$39.06 +0.40 (+1.04%)
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NGVC vs. WMK, IMKTA, VLGEA, KR, CASY, SPTN, WILC, FARM, PFGC, and SFM

Should you be buying Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage include Weis Markets (WMK), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), SpartanNash (SPTN), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Performance Food Group (PFGC), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage vs. Its Competitors

Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. Weis Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Weis Markets$4.77B0.38$109.94M$4.0218.21
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage$1.24B0.71$33.94M$1.8820.57

32.0% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.0% of Weis Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.8% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a net margin of 3.31% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.23%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity of 23.47% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Weis Markets2.23% 7.60% 5.23%
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage 3.31%23.47%6.63%

In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 4 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 5 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's score of 1.18 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Weis Markets
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Weis Markets pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 25.5% 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. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage beats Weis Markets on 11 of the 16 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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NGVC vs. The Competition

MetricNatural Grocers by Vitamin CottageFOOD ITEMS IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$913.57M$4.75B$27.35B$21.30B
Dividend Yield1.21%2.99%172.55%3.51%
P/E Ratio20.5721.4127.5629.34
Price / Sales0.710.868.9550.85
Price / Cash13.9912.4557.7923.86
Price / Book4.383.634.725.39
Net Income$33.94M$126.53M$872.89M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-4.69%-0.93%-0.09%0.41%
1 Month Performance4.60%-1.09%1.25%3.49%
1 Year Performance48.85%26.20%17.27%12.09%

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
1.6127 of 5 stars
$38.66
-2.9%
N/A+49.8%$913.57M$1.24B20.574,145News Coverage
Positive News
WMK
Weis Markets
1.0263 of 5 stars
$71.03
+1.2%
N/A+9.7%$1.74B$4.77B17.6722,000News Coverage
Positive News
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
2.3833 of 5 stars
$65.47
+2.0%
N/A-7.8%$1.22B$5.64B22.0426,360Positive News
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.7025 of 5 stars
$35.66
+1.2%
N/A+13.0%$520.00M$2.30B9.417,300News Coverage
Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.514 of 5 stars
$69.85
+0.2%
$70.53
+1.0%
+26.6%$46.06B$147.12B19.03409,000Trending News
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.2922 of 5 stars
$506.20
-0.3%
$467.33
-7.7%
+34.8%$18.88B$15.94B34.5849,272Positive News
SPTN
SpartanNash
2.9559 of 5 stars
$26.60
+0.3%
$18.45
-30.6%
+24.5%$897.70M$9.55B-55.4219,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WILC
G. Willi-Food International
2.5019 of 5 stars
$21.88
+0.1%
N/A+102.8%$303.29M$157.88M11.70180Positive News
Gap Down
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.2594 of 5 stars
$1.79
+4.1%
$4.50
+151.4%
-27.7%$37.08M$341.09M-2.631,003News Coverage
PFGC
Performance Food Group
3.9006 of 5 stars
$98.77
+0.7%
$106.00
+7.3%
+35.2%$15.35B$63.30B45.5243,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.9728 of 5 stars
$144.61
-0.7%
$172.20
+19.1%
+38.7%$14.23B$7.72B29.7635,000Positive News
Buyback Announcement

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