Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.

NGVC Consumer Defensive Grocery Stores

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 7.19% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.84%
EPS
−5.88%
Free cash flow
+130.2%
Total debt
−0.65%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

28.61 0.65 −2.22%
Market cap
$674.3M
P/E
13.9×
Fwd P/E
13.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.82
Beneish M
−2.60
Dividend safety
66/100

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) P/E ratio

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As of 6 November 2026, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) trades at a P/E ratio of 13.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.4× (September 2022) to 50.1× (February 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Grocery Stores industry median of 12.7× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 16.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 19.8× (0.62%)
FY2024 19.9× 56.10%
FY2023 12.8× 11.20%
FY2022 11.5× (6.90%)
FY2021 12.3× 11.29%
FY2020 11.1× (53.42%)
FY2019 23.8× (16.26%)
FY2018 28.4× 60.09%
FY2017 17.7× (17.33%)
FY2016 21.5× (31.90%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 15.1× 21.75%
Mar 2026 12.4× 2.70%
Dec 2025 12.0× (39.18%)
Sep 2025 19.8× (3.64%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.4× High 50.1×
Ten-year median 19.0×
Current reading's percentile 19

P/E ratio against peers

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NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. 13.9×
IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated compare 14.7×
WMK Weis Markets, Inc. compare 19.4×
YSWY Yesway Inc. compare —
Grocery Stores industry median 12.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 16.6×
Market median 17.8×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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