Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (SFM) vs Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK)

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. and Weis Markets, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.1B against $1.8B — 3.4× the size. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 17.9×. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.20% against 4.67%. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.58% vs 1.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (30.2% vs 6.92%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. leads on 16 and Weis Markets, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric SFM WMK Grocery Stores median
P/E 11.88 17.87 14.37
P/S 0.65 0.35 0.26
P/B 3.91 1.29 1.73
Price to free cash flow 16.45 35.17 11.51
EV/EBITDA 5.88 6.59 6.40
EV/Sales 0.65 0.33 0.33
Earnings yield 8.42% 5.60% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield 6.08% 2.84% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric SFM WMK Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 38.71% 25.52% 27.60%
Operating margin 7.44% 2.49% 1.94%
Net margin 5.58% 1.96% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 3.96% 1.00% 1.64%
Return on equity 35.20% 7.33% 8.97%
Return on assets 12.39% 4.97% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 30.17% 6.92% 5.82%

Growth

Metric SFM WMK Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.20% 4.67% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 41.60% (10.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.36% 3.81% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.75% (4.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric SFM WMK Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.07 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 0.99 2.03 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA (0.18) (1.04) 0.46

Dividend

Metric SFM WMK Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield — 2.24% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.31 0.13

Size

Metric SFM WMK Grocery Stores median
Market cap 6.13b 1.79b 1.19b

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