Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Competitors

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, IMKTA or WMK?

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IMKTA or WMK a better dividend stock?

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ingles Markets pays out 11.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 38.2% 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.

Is IMKTA or WMK more profitable?

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.87%. Ingles Markets' return on equity of 6.90% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingles Markets	1.87%	6.90%	4.21%
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%

Does the media favor IMKTA or WMK?

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ingles Markets and 1 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.43 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ingles Markets	Neutral
Weis Markets	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in IMKTA or WMK?

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IMKTA or WMK?

Ingles Markets received 102 more outperform votes than Weis Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.80% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingles Markets	Outperform Votes 304 63.73%	Underperform Votes 173 36.27%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 202 65.80%	Underperform Votes 105 34.20%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IMKTA or WMK?

Ingles Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Weis Markets. Ingles Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weis Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingles Markets	$5.64B	0.22	$105.54M	$5.55	11.93
Weis Markets	$4.70B	0.39	$103.83M	$3.56	18.98

Summary

Ingles Markets beats Weis Markets on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.