Weis Markets (WMK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Weis Markets, Inc. is a regional food retailer headquartered in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The company operates supermarkets offering a broad selection of groceries and household products, including fresh produce, meat and seafood, dairy and frozen foods, bakery items, deli products, prepared foods, and beer and wine where permitted by law.

Many Weis Markets locations also provide additional services such as pharmacies, fuel centers, online grocery ordering, and curbside pickup or delivery. The company serves communities across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, and Virginia through its network of stores.

Weis Markets was founded in 1912 by brothers Harry and Sigmund Weis, who opened the company’s first store in Sunbury. The business has remained closely associated with the Weis family and has expanded from a local grocery operation into a multi-state supermarket chain. Weis Markets has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1962.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $73.21 to $75.37
• 50-Day Range: $69.85 to $75.93
• 52-Week Range: $59.99 to $83.74
• Volume: 145,619 shs
• Average Volume: 222,736 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.66
• Dividend Yield: 1.81%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Weis Markets Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Weis Markets scored higher than 23% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 148th out of 168 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Weis Markets has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Weis Markets has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Weis Markets is 18.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Weis Markets is 18.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 12.61.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Weis Markets has a P/B Ratio of 1.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.20% of the float of Weis Markets has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Weis Markets has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.69.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Weis Markets has recently increased by 6.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Weis Markets pays a meaningful dividend of 1.86%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Weis Markets does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Weis Markets is 33.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Weis Markets has a news sentiment score of 1.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Weis Markets insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

21.60% of the stock of Weis Markets is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Weis Markets has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/10 Dividend: 7/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/10 Dividend: 7/27/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/10/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WMK
• CIK: 105418
• Web: www.weismarkets.com
• Phone: (570) 286-4571
• Fax: 570-286-3286
• Employees: 22,000
• Year Founded: 1912

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.03
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $93.69 million
• Net Margins: 1.99%
• Pretax Margin: 2.61%
• Return on Equity: 7.40%
• Return on Assets: 4.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.03
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.07 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.37
• Cash Flow: $8.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.39
• Book Value: $54.63 per share
• Price / Book: 1.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 24,745,000
• Free Float: 19,400,000
• Market Cap: $1.86 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.40