Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) vs Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC)

Albertsons Companies, Inc. and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Albertsons Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.8B against $690.7M — 8.4× the size. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.4× against 146×. Albertsons Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.75% against 2.01%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs 0.08%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 3.23%). Both pay a dividend; Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. yields more (2.70% vs 2.16%). Across the 23 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 17 and Albertsons Companies, Inc. on 6.