Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) vs VenHub Global, Inc. (VHUB)

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. and VenHub Global, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $674.3M against $22.7M — 29.7× the size. VenHub Global, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at 14.2×. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs −11,798.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 13 and VenHub Global, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric NGVC VHUB Grocery Stores median
P/E 14.16 n/m 12.53
P/S 0.50 39.28 0.28
P/B 2.81 n/m 1.60
Price to free cash flow 30.12 n/m 11.26
EV/EBITDA 7.29 n/m 6.80
EV/Sales 0.52 43.41 0.37
Earnings yield 7.06% (473.43%) 5.10%
Free cash flow yield 3.32% (83.27%) 6.45%

Profitability

Metric NGVC VHUB Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 29.64% (22.09%) 26.99%
Operating margin 4.71% (8,510.31%) 0.95%
Net margin 3.55% (11,798.87%) 1.01%
Free cash flow margin 1.66% (3,271.24%) 1.33%
Return on equity 21.56% 0.00% 6.84%
Return on assets 7.08% (1,468.88%) 3.05%
Return on invested capital 14.92% 0.00% 4.85%

Growth

Metric NGVC VHUB Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.01% — 2.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.05% (362.60%) (37.74%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.12% — 5.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.34% — 0.00%

Health

Metric NGVC VHUB Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.18 (39.70) 0.38
Current ratio 1.10 0.77 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.30 (0.20) 0.30

Dividend

Metric NGVC VHUB Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield — — 1.72%
Payout ratio — — 0.35

Size

Metric NGVC VHUB Grocery Stores median
Market cap 674.33m 22.71m 1.31b

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