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Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Competitors

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$69.46 -0.22 (-0.32%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

IMKTA vs. WMK, NGVC, VLGEA, ACI, KR, CASY, TBBB, GO, ASAI, and ARKO

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), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), BBB Foods (TBBB), Grocery Outlet (GO), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), and Arko (ARKO).

Ingles Markets vs.

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

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 3 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ingles Markets and 0 mentions for Weis Markets. Ingles Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Weis Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Weis Markets Neutral
Ingles Markets Very Positive

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

Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Weis Markets pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingles Markets pays out 7.9% 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.

Ingles Markets has a net margin of 2.74% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.01%. Ingles Markets' return on equity of 10.58% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Weis Markets2.01% 6.85% 4.67%
Ingles Markets 2.74%10.58%6.41%

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

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
Weis Markets$4.70B0.40$103.83M$3.5619.72
Ingles Markets$5.89B0.22$210.81M$8.408.27

Ingles Markets received 101 more outperform votes than Weis Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.80% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Weis MarketsOutperform Votes
202
65.80%
Underperform Votes
105
34.20%
Ingles MarketsOutperform Votes
303
63.79%
Underperform Votes
172
36.21%

Summary

Ingles Markets beats Weis Markets on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IMKTA vs. The Competition

MetricIngles MarketsGrocery stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.32B$11.42B$24.14B$8.90B
Dividend Yield0.95%2.76%169.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio8.27160.3299.5813.46
Price / Sales0.2214.167.1887.66
Price / Cash4.0560.2219.9336.27
Price / Book0.902.706.926.30
Net Income$210.81M$560.99M$688.15M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-4.39%-1.66%-1.23%-1.32%
1 Month Performance9.08%0.09%-2.18%0.60%
1 Year Performance-13.57%8.41%15.23%26.23%

Ingles Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
3.6396 of 5 stars
$69.46
-0.3%
N/A-14.0%$1.32B$5.89B8.2726,420Positive News
WMK
Weis Markets
0.4465 of 5 stars
$70.19
+0.5%
N/A+15.1%$1.88B$4.70B19.7223,000
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
2.6712 of 5 stars
$34.78
+0.9%
N/A+104.6%$792.78M$1.21B25.764,173
VLGEA
Village Super Market
2.0337 of 5 stars
$31.00
+0.9%
N/A+26.9%$453.52M$2.24B9.147,300
ACI
Albertsons Companies
4.2985 of 5 stars
$19.13
-0.7%
$23.58
+23.3%
-8.7%$11.16B$79.24B11.19200,000
KR
Kroger
4.8687 of 5 stars
$57.61
-0.8%
$60.09
+4.3%
+34.2%$42.03B$150.04B15.08414,000
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.685 of 5 stars
$413.95
+0.6%
$408.25
-1.4%
+47.0%$15.28B$14.86B30.1345,359Positive News
TBBB
BBB Foods
0.6284 of 5 stars
$32.78
+0.2%
$30.57
-6.7%
N/A$3.67B$2.49B0.0021,924Upcoming Earnings
GO
Grocery Outlet
2.647 of 5 stars
$18.44
-1.0%
$18.00
-2.4%
-34.6%$1.81B$3.97B36.16901Insider Trade
Positive News
ASAI
Sendas Distribuidora
3.7004 of 5 stars
$6.12
+0.3%
$9.80
+60.1%
-53.8%$1.65B$13.32B13.3077,370
ARKO
Arko
2.1199 of 5 stars
$6.62
+1.1%
$6.13
-7.5%
-12.0%$758.30M$9.41B41.3813,481

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This page (NASDAQ:IMKTA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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