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Weis Markets (WMK) Competitors

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$70.08 -1.34 (-1.88%)
(As of 12/18/2024 05:12 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Weis Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weis Markets include Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Kroger (KR), Casey's General Stores (CASY), BBB Foods (TBBB), Grocery Outlet (GO), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Arko (ARKO), and Maison Solutions (MSS).

Weis Markets vs.

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

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 63.66% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Weis MarketsOutperform Votes
202
65.80%
Underperform Votes
105
34.20%
Ingles MarketsOutperform Votes
303
63.66%
Underperform Votes
173
36.34%

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%

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$4.76B0.40$103.83M$3.5619.69
Ingles Markets$5.83B0.22$210.81M$8.408.01

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Weis Markets had 5 more articles in the media than Ingles Markets. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Weis Markets and 1 mentions for Ingles Markets. Ingles Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Weis Markets' score of 0.07 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Weis Markets has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% 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.

Summary

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

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WMK vs. The Competition

MetricWeis MarketsGrocery stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.89B$11.73B$24.46B$19.11B
Dividend Yield1.87%2.74%168.53%3.51%
P/E Ratio19.69175.19111.3741.74
Price / Sales0.4013.983.4016.78
Price / Cash8.3560.4221.6421.73
Price / Book1.452.785.335.27
Net Income$103.83M$561.39M$670.54M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-2.91%-2.31%-5.68%-5.42%
1 Month Performance-0.48%-0.70%0.18%-2.60%
1 Year Performance9.76%7.81%9.97%12.55%

Weis Markets Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMK
Weis Markets
0.9456 of 5 stars
$70.08
-1.9%
N/A+9.8%$1.89B$4.76B19.6923,000News Coverage
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
2.133 of 5 stars
$68.28
-1.3%
N/A-20.2%$1.30B$5.83B8.2426,420Analyst Downgrade
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
2.5021 of 5 stars
$41.87
-0.3%
N/A+128.2%$954.39M$1.24B28.384,173
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.3735 of 5 stars
$33.05
+1.4%
N/A+29.0%$487.85M$2.26B9.407,300Dividend Announcement
Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.5729 of 5 stars
$62.11
+0.1%
$64.31
+3.5%
+33.7%$44.94B$149.88B16.42414,000Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.3337 of 5 stars
$425.05
-0.1%
$419.45
-1.3%
+49.6%$15.78B$14.97B29.6445,359Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
TBBB
BBB Foods
1.1923 of 5 stars
$29.84
+3.9%
$30.57
+2.5%
N/A$3.35B$2.49B0.0021,924Positive News
GO
Grocery Outlet
2.7154 of 5 stars
$17.76
-7.1%
$18.00
+1.4%
-41.7%$1.73B$4.26B37.47901
ASAI
Sendas Distribuidora
4.0199 of 5 stars
$4.52
-6.0%
$9.80
+116.8%
-69.5%$1.22B$72.08B10.0477,370News Coverage
Gap Down
ARKO
Arko
3.0418 of 5 stars
$7.34
+0.8%
$6.13
-16.6%
-14.6%$849.76M$8.97B45.5013,481News Coverage
Positive News
MSS
Maison Solutions
0.5451 of 5 stars
$1.03
+6.1%
N/A-49.4%$20.28M$73.94M-6.93175Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:WMK) was last updated on 12/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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