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Weis Markets (WMK) Competitors

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$86.00 +1.76 (+2.09%)
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WMK vs. IMKTA, NGVC, VLGEA, KR, CASY, TBBB, GO, ARKO, MSS, and SFM

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), BBB Foods (TBBB), Grocery Outlet (GO), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM).

Weis Markets vs.

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

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.0% of Weis Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ingles Markets and 4 mentions for Weis Markets. Ingles Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Weis Markets' score of 0.93 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.45%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 6.85% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Weis Markets2.01% 6.85% 4.67%
Ingles Markets 1.45%5.09%3.13%

Weis Markets has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Weis Markets$4.79B0.48$103.83M$4.0921.03
Ingles Markets$5.45B0.22$105.54M$4.1414.90

Ingles Markets received 103 more outperform votes than Weis Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.80% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Weis MarketsOutperform Votes
202
65.80%
Underperform Votes
105
34.20%
Ingles MarketsOutperform Votes
305
63.67%
Underperform Votes
174
36.33%

Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Weis Markets pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingles Markets pays out 15.9% 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

Ingles Markets beats Weis Markets on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WMK vs. The Competition

MetricWeis MarketsGrocery stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.31B$14.45B$23.73B$18.97B
Dividend Yield1.67%2.70%170.04%4.03%
P/E Ratio24.1619.0122.3632.71
Price / Sales0.4813.714.2327.84
Price / Cash8.3866.9019.4117.53
Price / BookN/A3.295.754.47
Net Income$103.83M$671.20M$781.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.31%1.24%1.93%2.26%
1 Month Performance11.55%7.53%-2.51%-2.86%
1 Year Performance36.23%23.55%2.60%5.48%

Weis Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMK
Weis Markets
0.974 of 5 stars
$86.00
+2.1%
N/A+32.8%$2.31B$4.79B24.1623,000Upcoming Earnings
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
2.8599 of 5 stars
$60.70
-0.7%
N/A-15.3%$1.15B$5.45B14.6626,000Positive News
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
1.5836 of 5 stars
$48.76
+0.4%
N/A+197.9%$1.12B$1.27B31.064,170Positive News
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.0205 of 5 stars
$35.55
+0.5%
N/A+29.2%$524.26M$2.28B10.247,180Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
KR
Kroger
4.169 of 5 stars
$70.37
+0.5%
$66.50
-5.5%
+28.5%$46.51B$147.12B18.62420,000
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.2753 of 5 stars
$454.23
+1.5%
$430.33
-5.3%
+43.3%$16.86B$15.55B31.6542,500Positive News
TBBB
BBB Foods
2.4172 of 5 stars
$30.19
flat
$33.67
+11.5%
+30.5%$3.45B$57.44B0.0021,924Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GO
Grocery Outlet
2.6218 of 5 stars
$16.03
+2.2%
$15.46
-3.5%
-35.1%$1.57B$4.37B31.43950Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ARKO
Arko
3.1453 of 5 stars
$4.15
-0.7%
$6.58
+58.6%
-12.1%$480.45M$8.73B25.9412,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
MSS
Maison Solutions
0.25 of 5 stars
$0.95
-2.7%
N/A-7.6%$18.75M$111.74M-5.95175Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
2.6465 of 5 stars
$169.76
+1.0%
$167.00
-1.6%
+155.3%$16.67B$7.72B45.1531,000Earnings Report
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:WMK) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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