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Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA) vs Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC)

Ingles Markets, Incorporated and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Ingles Markets, Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $705.2M — 2.3× the size. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.9× against 15.4×. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.01% against 1.02%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs 1.92%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 5.16%). Across the 22 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 14 and Ingles Markets, Incorporated on 8.

Valuation

Metric IMKTA NGVC Grocery Stores median
P/E 15.38 14.86 15.12
P/S 0.30 0.52 0.26
P/B 0.97 2.95 1.88
Price to free cash flow 10.87 31.60 12.37
EV/EBITDA 6.36 7.63 6.48
EV/Sales 0.31 0.54 0.34
Earnings yield 6.50% 6.73% 5.47%
Free cash flow yield 9.20% 3.16% 7.08%

Profitability

Metric IMKTA NGVC Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 24.49% 29.64% 27.58%
Operating margin 2.64% 4.71% 1.94%
Net margin 1.92% 3.55% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 2.77% 1.66% 1.66%
Return on equity 6.34% 21.56% 8.68%
Return on assets 4.01% 7.08% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 5.16% 14.92% 5.82%

Growth

Metric IMKTA NGVC Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.02% 2.01% 2.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (20.86%) 36.05% (29.30%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.96% 5.12% 5.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.09%) 18.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric IMKTA NGVC Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.30 0.18 0.46
Current ratio 3.21 1.10 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.62 0.30 0.46

Dividend

Metric IMKTA NGVC Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 0.77% — 1.81%
Payout ratio 0.12 — 0.35

Size

Metric IMKTA NGVC Grocery Stores median
Market cap 1.61b 705.21m 1.28b

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