Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO) vs Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC)

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $690.7M — 1.6× the size. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at 14.4×. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.12% against 2.01%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs −8.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs −18.7%). Across the 20 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 13 and Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. on 7.