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 $6.2B against $674.3M — 9.2× the size. Albertsons Companies, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at 14.2×. Albertsons Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.26% against 2.01%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs −0.06%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 2.51%). Across the 21 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 15 and Albertsons Companies, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACI NGVC Grocery Stores median
P/E n/m 14.16 12.53
P/S 0.08 0.50 0.28
P/B 4.48 2.81 1.60
Price to free cash flow 11.26 30.12 11.26
EV/EBITDA 4.99 7.29 6.80
EV/Sales 0.19 0.52 0.37
Earnings yield (0.83%) 7.06% 5.10%
Free cash flow yield 8.88% 3.32% 6.45%

Profitability

Metric ACI NGVC Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 26.99% 29.64% 26.99%
Operating margin 0.51% 4.71% 0.95%
Net margin (0.06%) 3.55% 1.01%
Free cash flow margin 0.68% 1.66% 1.33%
Return on equity (2.27%) 21.56% 6.84%
Return on assets (0.19%) 7.08% 3.05%
Return on invested capital 2.51% 14.92% 4.85%

Growth

Metric ACI NGVC Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.26% 2.01% 2.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (75.61%) 36.05% (37.74%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.60% 5.12% 5.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (23.87%) 18.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACI NGVC Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 6.51 0.18 0.38
Current ratio 0.82 1.10 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.60 0.30 0.30

Dividend

Metric ACI NGVC Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 4.98% — 1.72%
Payout ratio 8.00 — 0.35

Size

Metric ACI NGVC Grocery Stores median
Market cap 6.23b 674.33m 1.31b

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