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The Kroger Co. (KR) vs Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA)

The Kroger Co. and Village Super Market, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. The Kroger Co. is the larger, with a market value of $36.3B against $587.2M — 61.8× the size. Village Super Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.8× against 33.3×. Village Super Market, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.20% against −5.78%. Village Super Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs 0.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.12% vs 6.47%). Both pay a dividend; The Kroger Co. yields more (2.34% vs 2.27%). Across the 23 metrics below, Village Super Market, Inc. leads on 20 and The Kroger Co. on 3.

Valuation

Metric KR VLGEA Grocery Stores median
P/E 33.32 10.77 15.32
P/S 0.25 0.27 0.26
P/B 6.39 1.23 1.84
Price to free cash flow 15.18 10.44 11.69
EV/EBITDA 8.75 5.61 6.53
EV/Sales 0.35 0.24 0.33
Earnings yield 3.00% 9.29% 5.37%
Free cash flow yield 6.59% 9.58% 7.28%

Profitability

Metric KR VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 23.11% 28.15% 27.60%
Operating margin 1.39% 2.80% 1.94%
Net margin 0.73% 2.20% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 1.65% 2.54% 1.66%
Return on equity 14.35% 10.60% 8.97%
Return on assets 2.11% 5.26% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 6.47% 9.12% 5.82%

Growth

Metric KR VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.78%) 4.20% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (58.04%) 12.08% (29.30%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.19% 5.16% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.04%) 16.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric KR VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 2.91 0.14 0.46
Current ratio 0.70 1.17 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.24 (0.31) 0.46

Dividend

Metric KR VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 2.34% 2.27% 1.86%
Payout ratio 0.78 0.36 0.35

Size

Metric KR VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Market cap 36.27b 587.17m 1.22b

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