Village Super Market, Inc.
VLGEA Consumer Defensive Grocery Stores
Village Super Market, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended July 2026) was $2.4 billion, up 3.66% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 1.65%, EPS fell 20.2%, free cash flow fell 11.1% and total debt fell 7.05%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.
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Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) Altman Z-score
Village Super Market, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2026 is 3.94, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3.94 | 0.19 |
| FY2025 | 3.75 | 0.18 |
| FY2024 | 3.57 | 0.17 |
| FY2023 | 3.40 | 0.12 |
| FY2022 | 3.28 | 0.02 |
| FY2021 | 3.26 | 0.33 |
| FY2020 | 2.93 | (2.61) |
| FY2019 | 5.54 | (0.29) |
| FY2018 | 5.82 | (0.20) |
| FY2017 | 6.03 | (0.29) |
How fiscal 2026’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.03 | — | 0.03 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.45 | — | 0.63 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.06 | — | 0.21 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.25 | — | 0.75 | |
| Sales / total assets | 2.32 | — | 2.32 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 3.94 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 3.14 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| WMK Weis Markets, Inc. compare | 5.4× |
| SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. compare | 4.5× |
| IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated compare | 4.3× |
| VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. | 3.9× |
| NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. compare | 3.8× |
| ASAIY Sendas Distribuidora S.A. Sponsored ADR compare | 2.2× |
| GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. compare | 1.7× |
| DDL Dingdong (Cayman) Limited Sponsored ADR compare | 1.3× |
| DNUT Krispy Kreme, Inc. compare | −0.4× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets