NGVC vs. IMKTA, VLGEA, WMK, KR, CASY, ARKO, MSS, ACI, SFM, and ASAI
Should you be buying Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage include Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Weis Markets (WMK), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), and Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI).
Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage received 87 more outperform votes than Ingles Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.56% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage an outperform vote.
Ingles Markets has a net margin of 3.00% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 2.42%. Ingles Markets' return on equity of 17.60% beat Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity.
In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 2 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 3 mentions for Ingles Markets. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.45 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ingles Markets pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.4% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ingles Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. Ingles Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ingles Markets beats Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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