Village Super Market (VLGEA) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IMKTA or VLGEA?

Ingles Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Village Super Market. Village Super Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingles 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	$5.45B	0.21	$105.54M	$4.14	14.79
Village Super Market	$2.28B	0.22	$50.46M	$3.64	9.38

Is IMKTA or VLGEA a better dividend stock?

Ingles Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ingles Markets pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Village Super Market pays out 27.5% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, IMKTA or VLGEA?

Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Village Super Market has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IMKTA or VLGEA?

Ingles Markets received 172 more outperform votes than Village Super Market when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.60% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Village Super Market an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingles Markets	Outperform Votes 304 63.60%	Underperform Votes 174 36.40%
Village Super Market	Outperform Votes 132 58.93%	Underperform Votes 92 41.07%

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

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.8% of Village Super Market shares are owned by company 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 VLGEA more profitable?

Village Super Market has a net margin of 2.29% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.45%. Village Super Market's return on equity of 12.15% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingles Markets	1.45%	5.09%	3.13%
Village Super Market	2.29%	12.15%	5.50%

Does the media refer more to IMKTA or VLGEA?

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 3 more articles in the media than Village Super Market. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ingles Markets and 2 mentions for Village Super Market. Village Super Market's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Ingles Markets' score of 1.45 indicating that Village Super Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Ingles Markets beats Village Super Market on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.