Maison Solutions Inc. (MSS) vs Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA)

Maison Solutions Inc. and Village Super Market, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Village Super Market, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $611.8M against $1.6M — 392.2× the size. Maison Solutions Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Village Super Market, Inc. trades at 11.1×. Maison Solutions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 4.20%. Village Super Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs −10.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.12% vs −39.3%). Across the 17 metrics below, Village Super Market, Inc. leads on 11 and Maison Solutions Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric MSS VLGEA Grocery Stores median
P/E n/m 11.09 14.37
P/S 0.01 0.27 0.26
P/B 0.11 1.27 1.73
Price to free cash flow n/m 10.76 11.51
EV/EBITDA n/m 5.80 6.40
EV/Sales 0.07 0.25 0.33
Earnings yield (1,665.37%) 9.01% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield (446.20%) 9.30% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric MSS VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 20.07% 28.15% 27.60%
Operating margin (7.95%) 2.80% 1.94%
Net margin (10.12%) 2.20% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin (3.08%) 2.54% 1.64%
Return on equity (122.71%) 10.60% 8.97%
Return on assets (15.52%) 5.26% 3.10%
Return on invested capital (39.27%) 9.12% 5.82%

Growth

Metric MSS VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.17% 4.20% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 137.02% 12.08% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 5.16% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 16.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric MSS VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 1.19 0.14 0.46
Current ratio 0.67 1.17 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA (13.58) (0.31) 0.46

Dividend

Metric MSS VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield — 3.95% 2.20%
Payout ratio — 0.31 0.13

Size

Metric MSS VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Market cap 1.56m 611.76m 1.19b

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