Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA) vs Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM)

Ingles Markets, Incorporated and Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.1B against $1.6B — 3.9× the size. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 15.0×. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.20% against 1.02%. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.58% vs 1.92%) and the higher return on invested capital (30.2% vs 5.16%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. leads on 16 and Ingles Markets, Incorporated on 6.

Valuation

Metric IMKTA SFM Grocery Stores median
P/E 14.99 11.88 14.37
P/S 0.29 0.65 0.26
P/B 0.94 3.91 1.73
Price to free cash flow 10.59 16.45 11.51
EV/EBITDA 6.20 5.88 6.40
EV/Sales 0.30 0.65 0.33
Earnings yield 6.67% 8.42% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield 9.45% 6.08% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric IMKTA SFM Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 24.49% 38.71% 27.60%
Operating margin 2.64% 7.44% 1.94%
Net margin 1.92% 5.58% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 2.77% 3.96% 1.64%
Return on equity 6.34% 35.20% 8.97%
Return on assets 4.01% 12.39% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 5.16% 30.17% 5.82%

Growth

Metric IMKTA SFM Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.02% 7.20% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (20.86%) 41.60% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.96% 6.36% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.09%) 12.75% 0.00%

Health

Metric IMKTA SFM Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.30 0.07 0.46
Current ratio 3.21 0.99 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.62 (0.18) 0.46

Dividend

Metric IMKTA SFM Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 0.81% — 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.00 0.13

Size

Metric IMKTA SFM Grocery Stores median
Market cap 1.56b 6.13b 1.19b

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