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$70.82 -0.53 (-0.74%)
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WMK vs. IMKTA, NGVC, VLGEA, KR, CASY, WMT, EAT, URBN, GPI, and GLBE

Should you be buying Weis Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weis Markets include Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Walmart (WMT), Brinker International (EAT), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), and Global-e Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Weis Markets vs. Its Competitors

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.23% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.05%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 7.60% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingles Markets1.05% 3.60% 2.24%
Weis Markets 2.23%7.60%5.23%

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 3 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ingles Markets and 1 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Ingles Markets' score of 1.24 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ingles Markets
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Weis Markets
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Weis Markets has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingles Markets. Weis Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingles Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingles Markets$5.64B0.23$105.54M$2.9723.33
Weis Markets$4.77B0.37$109.94M$4.0217.62

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Weis Markets 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.

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ingles Markets pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 33.8% 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.

Summary

Weis Markets beats Ingles Markets on 9 of the 15 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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WMK vs. The Competition

MetricWeis MarketsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.75B$84.29B$27.63B$21.49B
Dividend Yield1.92%2.50%173.90%3.49%
P/E Ratio17.6217.2620.6229.75
Price / Sales0.370.438.5151.60
Price / Cash8.528.4117.5118.13
Price / Book1.322.825.024.63
Net Income$109.94M$2.46B$872.22M$999.94M
7 Day Performance0.03%0.06%1.10%0.62%
1 Month Performance1.31%3.10%5.12%4.34%
1 Year Performance0.53%10.33%19.65%16.38%

Weis Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMK
Weis Markets
1.1781 of 5 stars
$70.82
-0.7%
N/A+0.5%$1.75B$4.77B17.6222,000Positive News
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
1.8753 of 5 stars
$69.82
-1.1%
N/A-5.7%$1.34B$5.64B23.5126,360Positive News
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
2.2182 of 5 stars
$38.28
-1.4%
N/A+30.8%$890.85M$1.24B20.364,145Positive News
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.3011 of 5 stars
$37.58
+1.0%
N/A+19.9%$548.92M$2.24B9.927,300Positive News
Short Interest ↓
KR
Kroger
4.0977 of 5 stars
$67.99
+0.4%
$70.58
+3.8%
+22.3%$44.78B$147.12B18.53409,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.3054 of 5 stars
$521.50
+3.1%
$467.33
-10.4%
+45.1%$18.80B$15.94B35.6249,272Trending News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
WMT
Walmart
4.6647 of 5 stars
$102.26
+1.7%
$110.76
+8.3%
+28.4%$801.35B$680.99B38.442,100,000Trending News
EAT
Brinker International
3.9345 of 5 stars
$156.41
-1.1%
$172.59
+10.3%
+118.7%$7.04B$5.38B18.8283,840Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.6536 of 5 stars
$73.01
+3.2%
$81.91
+12.2%
+87.9%$6.34B$5.55B14.2629,000Positive News
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.8999 of 5 stars
$475.27
-1.8%
$479.43
+0.9%
+27.8%$6.26B$19.93B13.1020,413Positive News
GLBE
Global-e Online
3.6143 of 5 stars
$36.32
+1.5%
$48.33
+33.1%
-2.6%$6.07B$752.76M-213.651,084Positive News

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