Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) vs Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM)

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. 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 $690.7M — 8.9× the size. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 14.4×. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.20% against 2.01%. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.58% vs 3.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (30.2% vs 14.9%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. leads on 17 and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric NGVC SFM Grocery Stores median
P/E 14.37 11.88 14.37
P/S 0.51 0.65 0.26
P/B 2.85 3.91 1.73
Price to free cash flow 30.56 16.45 11.51
EV/EBITDA 7.39 5.88 6.40
EV/Sales 0.53 0.65 0.33
Earnings yield 6.96% 8.42% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield 3.27% 6.08% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric NGVC SFM Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 29.64% 38.71% 27.60%
Operating margin 4.71% 7.44% 1.94%
Net margin 3.55% 5.58% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 1.66% 3.96% 1.64%
Return on equity 21.56% 35.20% 8.97%
Return on assets 7.08% 12.39% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 14.92% 30.17% 5.82%

Growth

Metric NGVC SFM Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.01% 7.20% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.05% 41.60% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.12% 6.36% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.34% 12.75% 0.00%

Health

Metric NGVC SFM Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.07 0.46
Current ratio 1.10 0.99 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.30 (0.18) 0.46

Dividend

Metric NGVC SFM Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 2.70% — 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.47 0.00 0.13

Size

Metric NGVC SFM Grocery Stores median
Market cap 690.68m 6.13b 1.19b

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