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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC) Competitors

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$39.13 +0.37 (+0.95%)
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$39.09 -0.04 (-0.10%)
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NGVC vs. WMK, IMKTA, VLGEA, KR, CASY, SPTN, WILC, FARM, SFM, and PFGC

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), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), and Performance Food Group (PFGC). 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 retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

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 an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Weis Markets pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 27.0% 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.

Weis Markets has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a net margin of 3.18% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.24%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity of 23.27% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Weis Markets2.24% 7.49% 5.16%
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage 3.18%23.27%6.28%

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

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$4.77B0.42$109.94M$3.9918.77
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage$1.24B0.72$33.94M$1.7821.98

In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 2 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 0 mentions for Weis Markets. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Weis Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Weis Markets Neutral
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Neutral

Summary

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage beats Weis Markets on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$897.25M$4.72B$26.43B$20.56B
Dividend Yield1.26%3.07%175.56%3.74%
P/E Ratio21.9821.8329.6628.05
Price / Sales0.720.916.0841.53
Price / Cash13.3612.7947.3222.25
Price / Book5.124.005.784.61
Net Income$33.94M$140.20M$869.96M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.65%-0.32%19.33%3.26%
1 Month Performance-11.52%5.57%3.61%4.37%
1 Year Performance72.84%43.94%34.21%14.95%

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
1.4533 of 5 stars
$39.13
+1.0%
N/A+73.6%$897.25M$1.24B21.984,145
WMK
Weis Markets
0.6024 of 5 stars
$75.41
-0.5%
N/A+20.3%$2.04B$4.77B18.9022,000
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
3.0959 of 5 stars
$66.59
+0.4%
N/A-3.9%$1.26B$5.64B20.4326,360
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.3145 of 5 stars
$38.64
-1.2%
N/A+45.3%$576.81M$2.24B10.207,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
KR
Kroger
4.2014 of 5 stars
$71.45
+2.3%
$70.00
-2.0%
+35.4%$46.15B$147.12B19.47409,000Trending News
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.6802 of 5 stars
$526.16
+1.7%
$453.00
-13.9%
+44.8%$19.23B$15.94B35.9449,272Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SPTN
SpartanNash
3.4257 of 5 stars
$26.52
-0.3%
$18.45
-30.4%
+47.6%$900.41M$9.55B-82.8819,000
WILC
G. Willi-Food International
2.3599 of 5 stars
$19.55
+2.6%
N/A+111.4%$264.31M$157.88M14.06180High Trading Volume
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.4308 of 5 stars
$1.47
+0.7%
$4.50
+206.1%
-45.2%$31.47M$341.09M-2.161,003
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.1842 of 5 stars
$164.19
+1.2%
$167.79
+2.2%
+98.3%$15.88B$7.72B36.9035,000Positive News
Insider Trade
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.6151 of 5 stars
$89.04
+0.2%
$100.08
+12.4%
+46.3%$13.87B$58.28B37.1037,000

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This page (NYSE:NGVC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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