NGVC vs. IMKTA, VLGEA, WMK, KR, CASY, GO, ARKO, MSS, ACI, 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 Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Weis Markets (WMK), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Grocery Outlet (GO), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM).
Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 6 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 2 mentions for Ingles Markets. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.40 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingles Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. Ingles 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.
Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ingles Markets pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 31.7% 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.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage received 87 more outperform votes than Ingles Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.56% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage an outperform vote.
62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of Ingles Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.4% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ingles Markets has a net margin of 3.00% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 2.42%. Ingles Markets' return on equity of 17.60% beat Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity.
Summary
Ingles Markets beats Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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