Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) vs Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA)

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. and Village Super Market, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $690.7M against $611.8M — 1.1× the size. Village Super Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.1× against 14.4×. Village Super Market, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.20% against 2.01%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs 2.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 9.12%). Both pay a dividend; Village Super Market, Inc. yields more (3.95% vs 2.70%). Across the 23 metrics below, Village Super Market, Inc. leads on 15 and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric NGVC VLGEA Grocery Stores median
P/E 14.37 11.09 14.37
P/S 0.51 0.27 0.26
P/B 2.85 1.27 1.73
Price to free cash flow 30.56 10.76 11.51
EV/EBITDA 7.39 5.80 6.40
EV/Sales 0.53 0.25 0.33
Earnings yield 6.96% 9.01% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield 3.27% 9.30% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric NGVC VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 29.64% 28.15% 27.60%
Operating margin 4.71% 2.80% 1.94%
Net margin 3.55% 2.20% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 1.66% 2.54% 1.64%
Return on equity 21.56% 10.60% 8.97%
Return on assets 7.08% 5.26% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 14.92% 9.12% 5.82%

Growth

Metric NGVC VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.01% 4.20% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.05% 12.08% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.12% 5.16% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.34% 16.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric NGVC VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.14 0.46
Current ratio 1.10 1.17 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.30 (0.31) 0.46

Dividend

Metric NGVC VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 2.70% 3.95% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.47 0.31 0.13

Size

Metric NGVC VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Market cap 690.68m 611.76m 1.19b

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