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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) vs Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK)

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. and Weis Markets, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Weis Markets, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $705.2M — 2.7× the size. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.9× against 18.7×. Weis Markets, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.67% against 2.01%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.55% vs 1.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.9% vs 6.92%). Across the 22 metrics below, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. leads on 14 and Weis Markets, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric NGVC WMK Grocery Stores median
P/E 14.86 18.69 15.12
P/S 0.52 0.37 0.26
P/B 2.95 1.34 1.88
Price to free cash flow 31.60 36.78 12.37
EV/EBITDA 7.63 6.44 6.48
EV/Sales 0.54 0.32 0.34
Earnings yield 6.73% 5.35% 5.47%
Free cash flow yield 3.16% 2.72% 7.08%

Profitability

Metric NGVC WMK Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 29.64% 25.52% 27.58%
Operating margin 4.71% 2.49% 1.94%
Net margin 3.55% 1.96% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 1.66% 1.00% 1.66%
Return on equity 21.56% 7.33% 8.68%
Return on assets 7.08% 4.97% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 14.92% 6.92% 5.82%

Growth

Metric NGVC WMK Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.01% 4.67% 2.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.05% (10.76%) (29.30%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.12% 3.81% 5.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.34% (4.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric NGVC WMK Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.10 2.03 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.30 (1.04) 0.46

Dividend

Metric NGVC WMK Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield — 1.81% 1.81%
Payout ratio — 0.34 0.35

Size

Metric NGVC WMK Grocery Stores median
Market cap 705.21m 1.87b 1.28b

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