Village Super Market (VLGEA) Competitors

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

Is VLGEA or WMK a better dividend stock?

Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Village Super Market pays out 28.8% 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. Village Super Market is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, VLGEA or WMK?

Village Super Market has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VLGEA or WMK?

In the previous week, Weis Markets had 6 more articles in the media than Village Super Market. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Weis Markets and 3 mentions for Village Super Market. Village Super Market's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Weis Markets' score of 0.25 indicating that Village Super Market is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Village Super Market	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weis Markets	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VLGEA or WMK?

Weis Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Village Super Market. Village Super Market 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
Village Super Market	$2.26B	0.21	$50.46M	$3.47	9.36
Weis Markets	$4.76B	0.39	$103.83M	$3.56	19.41

Is VLGEA or WMK more profitable?

Village Super Market has a net margin of 2.29% compared to Weis Markets' net margin of 2.01%. Village Super Market's return on equity of 12.15% beat Weis Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Village Super Market	2.29%	12.15%	5.50%
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VLGEA or WMK?

39.0% of Village Super Market shares are held by institutional investors. 56.8% of Village Super Market shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLGEA or WMK?

Weis Markets received 70 more outperform votes than Village Super Market when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.80% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Village Super Market an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Village Super Market	Outperform Votes 132 58.93%	Underperform Votes 92 41.07%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 202 65.80%	Underperform Votes 105 34.20%

Summary

Weis Markets beats Village Super Market on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.