NGVC vs. VLGEA, IMKTA, CBD, MYTE, GRPN, CRMT, LOVE, ZUMZ, QRTEA, and PBPB
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 Village Super Market (VLGEA), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao (CBD), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Groupon (GRPN), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), Lovesac (LOVE), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Qurate Retail (QRTEA), and Potbelly (PBPB). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) and Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Village Super Market has a net margin of 2.39% compared to Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's net margin of 2.29%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's return on equity of 16.69% beat Village Super Market's return on equity.
Village Super Market has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. Village Super Market 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.
32.0% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.4% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.4% of Village Super Market shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage received 255 more outperform votes than Village Super Market when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.26% of users gave Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Village Super Market an outperform vote.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Village Super Market pays out 28.3% 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. Village Super Market is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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. Comparatively, Village Super Market has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage had 2 more articles in the media than Village Super Market. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and 1 mentions for Village Super Market. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Village Super Market's score of 0.00 indicating that Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Village Super Market beats Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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