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The Kroger Co. (KR) vs Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC)

The Kroger Co. and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. The Kroger Co. is the larger, with a market value of $36.3B against $693.2M — 52.3× the size. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.4× against 33.3×. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.01% against −5.78%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs 0.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 6.47%). Across the 22 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 18 and The Kroger Co. on 4.

Valuation

Metric KR NGVC Grocery Stores median
P/E 33.32 14.41 15.32
P/S 0.25 0.51 0.26
P/B 6.39 2.86 1.84
Price to free cash flow 15.18 30.64 11.69
EV/EBITDA 8.75 7.41 6.53
EV/Sales 0.35 0.53 0.33
Earnings yield 3.00% 6.94% 5.37%
Free cash flow yield 6.59% 3.26% 7.28%

Profitability

Metric KR NGVC Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 23.11% 29.64% 27.60%
Operating margin 1.39% 4.71% 1.94%
Net margin 0.73% 3.55% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 1.65% 1.66% 1.66%
Return on equity 14.35% 21.56% 8.97%
Return on assets 2.11% 7.08% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 6.47% 14.92% 5.82%

Growth

Metric KR NGVC Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.78%) 2.01% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (58.04%) 36.05% (29.30%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.19% 5.12% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.04%) 18.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric KR NGVC Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 2.91 0.18 0.46
Current ratio 0.70 1.10 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.24 0.30 0.46

Dividend

Metric KR NGVC Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 2.34% — 1.86%
Payout ratio 0.78 — 0.35

Size

Metric KR NGVC Grocery Stores median
Market cap 36.27b 693.22m 1.22b

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