Weis Markets (WMK) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	0.23	$210.81M	$8.40	8.34
Weis Markets	$4.70B	0.41	$103.83M	$3.56	20.14

Does the media favor IMKTA or WMK?

In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 3 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ingles Markets and 1 mentions for Weis Markets. Weis Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ingles Markets' score of 1.60 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Weis Markets	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of Ingles Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IMKTA or WMK?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingles Markets	Outperform Votes 303 63.79%	Underperform Votes 172 36.21%
Weis Markets	Outperform Votes 202 65.80%	Underperform Votes 105 34.20%

Which has more volatility and risk, 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.

Is IMKTA or WMK more profitable?

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
Ingles Markets	2.74%	10.58%	6.41%
Weis Markets	2.01%	6.85%	4.67%

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 0.9%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ingles Markets pays out 7.9% 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.

Summary

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