Weis Markets (WMK) Competitors $77.00 -0.81 (-1.03%) As of 12:32 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WMK vs. IMKTA, NGVC, VLGEA, KR, CASY, TBBB, GO, ARKO, MSS, and SFMShould 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), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM). Weis Markets vs. Ingles Markets Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Village Super Market Kroger Casey's General Stores BBB Foods Grocery Outlet Arko Maison Solutions Sprouts Farmers Market Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) and Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IMKTA or WMK? 62.5% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Ingles Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Weis Markets shares are owned by company 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. Which has stronger valuation and 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioIngles Markets$5.45B0.23$105.54M$4.1415.59Weis Markets$4.79B0.44$103.83M$4.0919.06 Is IMKTA or WMK more profitable? Weis Markets has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Ingles Markets' net margin of 1.45%. Weis Markets' return on equity of 6.85% beat Ingles Markets' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ingles Markets1.45% 5.09% 3.13% Weis Markets 2.01%6.85%4.67% Which has more risk & volatility, IMKTA or WMK? Ingles Markets has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weis Markets has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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 1.0%. Weis Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ingles Markets pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weis Markets pays out 33.3% 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. Does the MarketBeat Community favor IMKTA or WMK? Ingles Markets received 102 more outperform votes than Weis Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.80% of users gave Weis Markets an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Ingles Markets an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformIngles MarketsOutperform Votes30463.60% Underperform Votes17436.40% Weis MarketsOutperform Votes20265.80% Underperform Votes10534.20% Does the media refer more to IMKTA or WMK? In the previous week, Ingles Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Weis Markets. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ingles Markets and 3 mentions for Weis Markets. Ingles Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Weis Markets' score of 1.16 indicating that Ingles Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Ingles Markets 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Weis Markets 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryIngles Markets beats Weis Markets on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Weis Markets News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WMK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WMK vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWeis MarketsGrocery stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.10B$13.18B$24.73B$19.62BDividend Yield1.73%2.71%171.17%3.75%P/E Ratio21.9017.3523.8033.60Price / Sales0.4413.393.9327.47Price / Cash8.3866.9019.4917.54Price / BookN/A2.965.654.60Net Income$103.83M$671.20M$784.47M$1.02B7 Day Performance2.55%2.57%1.50%0.37%1 Month Performance5.38%0.03%-3.22%-2.45%1 Year Performance21.07%9.69%-2.51%5.03% Weis Markets Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WMKWeis Markets1.6037 of 5 stars$77.01-1.0%N/A+22.0%$2.07B$4.79B21.6323,000Positive NewsIMKTAIngles Markets2.5119 of 5 stars$62.56+1.6%N/A-14.4%$1.19B$5.45B15.1126,000Positive NewsNGVCNatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage0.7822 of 5 stars$37.83+3.3%N/A+110.0%$867.48M$1.27B24.104,145News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpVLGEAVillage Super Market3.5824 of 5 stars$33.14+0.3%N/A+28.5%$489.18M$2.28B9.557,180Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsKRKroger4.2297 of 5 stars$66.40+2.0%$66.88+0.7%+16.3%$48.05B$147.12B17.57420,000Options VolumeCASYCasey's General Stores4.1195 of 5 stars$399.68+1.0%$423.09+5.9%+35.1%$14.84B$15.55B27.8542,500Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionPositive NewsTBBBBBB Foods1.6557 of 5 stars$25.07+0.1%$32.00+27.6%+10.1%$2.86B$53.41B0.0021,924GOGrocery Outlet2.7774 of 5 stars$12.95+8.0%$15.25+17.8%-55.3%$1.26B$4.37B25.39950ARKOArko3.5114 of 5 stars$3.98+2.1%$6.58+65.4%-25.8%$460.77M$8.73B24.8813,481Short Interest ↑Gap UpMSSMaison Solutions0.6137 of 5 stars$1.18-3.3%N/A-18.7%$23.23M$91.19M-7.38175Positive NewsSFMSprouts Farmers Market3.4173 of 5 stars$140.99+3.1%$162.92+15.6%+131.6%$13.90B$7.72B37.5032,000Analyst ForecastInsider TradePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ingles Markets Competitors Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Competitors Village Super Market Competitors Kroger Competitors Casey's General Stores Competitors BBB Foods Competitors Grocery Outlet Competitors Arko Competitors Maison Solutions Competitors Sprouts Farmers Market Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WMK) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Warns: Exec Order 14024 Targets DollarExecutive Order 14024 is paving the way for irreversible damage to the dollar's value—threatening your wealth,...Priority Gold | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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