Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM) vs Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA)

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. and Village Super Market, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.1B against $611.8M — 10.0× the size. Village Super Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.1× against 11.9×. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.20% against 4.20%. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.58% vs 2.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (30.2% vs 9.12%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. leads on 11 and Village Super Market, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric SFM VLGEA Grocery Stores median
P/E 11.88 11.09 14.37
P/S 0.65 0.27 0.26
P/B 3.91 1.27 1.73
Price to free cash flow 16.45 10.76 11.51
EV/EBITDA 5.88 5.80 6.40
EV/Sales 0.65 0.25 0.33
Earnings yield 8.42% 9.01% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield 6.08% 9.30% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric SFM VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 38.71% 28.15% 27.60%
Operating margin 7.44% 2.80% 1.94%
Net margin 5.58% 2.20% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 3.96% 2.54% 1.64%
Return on equity 35.20% 10.60% 8.97%
Return on assets 12.39% 5.26% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 30.17% 9.12% 5.82%

Growth

Metric SFM VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.20% 4.20% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 41.60% 12.08% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.36% 5.16% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.75% 16.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric SFM VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.07 0.14 0.46
Current ratio 0.99 1.17 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA (0.18) (0.31) 0.46

Dividend

Metric SFM VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield — 3.95% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.31 0.13

Size

Metric SFM VLGEA Grocery Stores median
Market cap 6.13b 611.76m 1.19b

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