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Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Competitors

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$63.00 -1.31 (-2.04%)
As of 04/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

IMKTA vs. WMK, NGVC, VLGEA, KR, CASY, TBBB, GO, ARKO, MSS, and SFM

Should you be buying Ingles Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingles Markets include Weis Markets (WMK), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), BBB Foods (TBBB), Grocery Outlet (GO), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM).

Ingles Markets vs.

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 63.60% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ingles MarketsOutperform Votes
304
63.60%
Underperform Votes
174
36.40%
Weis MarketsOutperform Votes
202
65.80%
Underperform Votes
105
34.20%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingles Markets$5.45B0.22$105.54M$4.1415.22
Weis Markets$4.79B0.47$103.83M$4.0920.54

In the previous week, Weis Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Weis Markets and 3 mentions for Ingles Markets. Ingles Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Weis Markets' score of 1.00 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ingles Markets
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Weis Markets
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.45%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 6.85% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingles Markets1.45% 5.09% 3.13%
Weis Markets 2.01%6.85%4.67%

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 1.6%. Ingles Markets pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 33.3% 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.

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Weis Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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IMKTA vs. The Competition

MetricIngles MarketsGrocery stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.20B$14.10B$23.61B$7.71B
Dividend Yield1.08%2.71%170.21%4.33%
P/E Ratio15.2219.0222.4918.31
Price / Sales0.2213.444.21107.09
Price / Cash5.3966.9019.4134.62
Price / Book0.773.205.774.25
Net Income$105.54M$671.20M$781.29M$247.51M
7 Day Performance1.47%1.94%2.89%6.08%
1 Month Performance2.11%8.32%-5.14%-3.77%
1 Year Performance-13.96%22.32%3.80%4.60%

Ingles Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
3.1559 of 5 stars
$63.00
-2.0%
N/A-14.0%$1.20B$5.45B15.2226,000Positive News
WMK
Weis Markets
0.5434 of 5 stars
$81.44
+0.8%
N/A+30.6%$2.19B$4.79B22.8823,000Positive News
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
1.4503 of 5 stars
$46.74
+3.3%
N/A+201.7%$1.07B$1.27B29.774,170Positive News
VLGEA
Village Super Market
2.9332 of 5 stars
$35.63
-0.4%
N/A+28.4%$525.44M$2.28B10.277,180Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.3127 of 5 stars
$69.11
+1.3%
$66.50
-3.8%
+27.1%$45.67B$147.12B18.28420,000Insider Trade
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.1935 of 5 stars
$460.78
+0.8%
$430.33
-6.6%
+41.7%$17.10B$15.55B32.1142,500Positive News
TBBB
BBB Foods
1.8145 of 5 stars
$27.20
+0.1%
$32.83
+20.7%
+46.0%$3.11B$53.41B0.0021,924Positive News
GO
Grocery Outlet
1.9347 of 5 stars
$14.24
+0.6%
$15.25
+7.1%
-42.1%$1.40B$4.37B27.92950
ARKO
Arko
3.3159 of 5 stars
$4.12
-1.2%
$6.58
+59.8%
-3.2%$476.98M$8.73B25.7512,200Positive News
MSS
Maison Solutions
N/A$1.00
-1.0%
N/A-16.5%$19.69M$111.74M-6.25175
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
2.5963 of 5 stars
$160.27
+1.9%
$167.00
+4.2%
+154.1%$15.71B$7.72B42.6331,000Upcoming Earnings
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Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IMKTA) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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