Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC) Competitors

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NGVC or WMK?

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

Is NGVC or WMK more profitable?

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a net margin of 2.84% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.01%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity of 21.12% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage	2.84%	21.12%	5.52%
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%

Does the media favor NGVC or WMK?

In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 3 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 6 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's score of 1.03 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weis Markets	6 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 believe in NGVC or WMK?

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage received 189 more outperform votes than Weis Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage	Outperform Votes 392 59.57%	Underperform Votes 266 40.43%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 203 65.91%	Underperform Votes 105 34.09%

Which has more volatility & risk, NGVC or WMK?

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NGVC or WMK a better dividend stock?

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 27.0% 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. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NGVC or WMK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage	$1.30B	0.91	$33.94M	$1.78	29.06
Weis Markets	$4.81B	0.42	$103.83M	$3.99	18.87

Summary

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage beats Weis Markets on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.