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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & 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	$5.89B	0.21	$210.81M	$8.40	7.82
Weis Markets	$4.70B	0.37	$103.83M	$3.46	18.69

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMKTA or WMK?

Ingles Markets received 102 more outperform votes than Weis Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingles Markets	Outperform Votes 303 63.79%	Underperform Votes 172 36.21%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 201 65.69%	Underperform Votes 105 34.31%

Is IMKTA or WMK more profitable?

Ingles Markets has a net margin of 2.74% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 1.97%. Ingles Markets' return on equity of 10.58% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingles Markets	2.74%	10.58%	6.41%
Weis Markets	1.97%	6.74%	4.62%

Do analysts recommend IMKTA or WMK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingles Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Weis Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, IMKTA or WMK?

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IMKTA or WMK?

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ingles Markets and 4 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Ingles Markets' score of 0.31 indicating that Weis Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingles Markets	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Weis Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 2.1%. Ingles Markets pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 39.3% 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.

Summary

Ingles Markets beats Weis Markets on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.