Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) vs Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK)

Village Super Market, Inc. and Weis Markets, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Weis Markets, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $611.8M — 2.9× the size. Village Super Market, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.1× against 17.9×. Weis Markets, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.67% against 4.20%. Village Super Market, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs 1.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.12% vs 6.92%). Both pay a dividend; Village Super Market, Inc. yields more (3.95% vs 2.24%). Across the 23 metrics below, Village Super Market, Inc. leads on 19 and Weis Markets, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric VLGEA WMK Grocery Stores median
P/E 11.09 17.87 14.37
P/S 0.27 0.35 0.26
P/B 1.27 1.29 1.73
Price to free cash flow 10.76 35.17 11.51
EV/EBITDA 5.80 6.59 6.40
EV/Sales 0.25 0.33 0.33
Earnings yield 9.01% 5.60% 6.14%
Free cash flow yield 9.30% 2.84% 7.48%

Profitability

Metric VLGEA WMK Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 28.15% 25.52% 27.60%
Operating margin 2.80% 2.49% 1.94%
Net margin 2.20% 1.96% 1.60%
Free cash flow margin 2.54% 1.00% 1.64%
Return on equity 10.60% 7.33% 8.97%
Return on assets 5.26% 4.97% 3.10%
Return on invested capital 9.12% 6.92% 5.82%

Growth

Metric VLGEA WMK Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.20% 4.67% 3.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 12.08% (10.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.16% 3.81% 5.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 16.93% (4.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric VLGEA WMK Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.17 2.03 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA (0.31) (1.04) 0.46

Dividend

Metric VLGEA WMK Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 3.95% 2.24% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.31 0.31 0.13

Size

Metric VLGEA WMK Grocery Stores median
Market cap 611.76m 1.79b 1.19b

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