Village Super Market (VLGEA) & Its Peers Financial Analysis

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is one of 149 publicly-traded companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Village Super Market to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.0% of Village Super Market shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 59.0% of Village Super Market shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Village Super Market pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.7% and pay out 37.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Village Super Market and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Village Super Market	0	0	0	1	4.00
Village Super Market Competitors	2243	8283	10072	459	2.42

As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 54.99%. Given Village Super Market’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Village Super Market has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Village Super Market and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Village Super Market	$2.41 billion	$52.46 million	11.89
Village Super Market Competitors	$34.77 billion	$846.26 million	17.27

Village Super Market’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Village Super Market. Village Super Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Village Super Market and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Village Super Market	2.18%	10.23%	5.17%
Village Super Market Competitors	-25.86%	3.88%	2.96%

Risk & Volatility

Village Super Market has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Village Super Market’s competitors have a beta of 0.44, indicating that their average stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Village Super Market beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Village Super Market Company Profile

Village Super Market, Inc. operates grocery stores, primarily under the ShopRite banner. Its supermarkets offer a broad range of food and household products, including fresh produce, meat, seafood, bakery and deli items, as well as prepared foods and other services. The company also operates specialty food stores under the Gourmet Garage name. Its stores serve communities in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania, with Gourmet Garage locations in New York City. Village Super Market’s roots trace back to 1937, when the Sumas family began its grocery business.