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

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), Arko (ARKO), Maison Solutions (MSS), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM).

Weis Markets vs.

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.

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.

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
Ingles Markets$5.45B0.23$105.54M$4.1415.59
Weis Markets$4.79B0.44$103.83M$4.0919.06

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%

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.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ingles MarketsOutperform Votes
304
63.60%
Underperform Votes
174
36.40%
Weis MarketsOutperform Votes
202
65.80%
Underperform Votes
105
34.20%

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

Summary

Ingles Markets beats Weis Markets on 9 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$2.10B$13.18B$24.73B$19.62B
Dividend Yield1.73%2.71%171.17%3.75%
P/E Ratio21.9017.3523.8033.60
Price / Sales0.4413.393.9327.47
Price / Cash8.3866.9019.4917.54
Price / BookN/A2.965.654.60
Net Income$103.83M$671.20M$784.47M$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMK
Weis Markets
1.6037 of 5 stars
$77.01
-1.0%
N/A+22.0%$2.07B$4.79B21.6323,000Positive News
IMKTA
Ingles Markets
2.5119 of 5 stars
$62.56
+1.6%
N/A-14.4%$1.19B$5.45B15.1126,000Positive News
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
0.7822 of 5 stars
$37.83
+3.3%
N/A+110.0%$867.48M$1.27B24.104,145News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
VLGEA
Village Super Market
3.5824 of 5 stars
$33.14
+0.3%
N/A+28.5%$489.18M$2.28B9.557,180Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.2297 of 5 stars
$66.40
+2.0%
$66.88
+0.7%
+16.3%$48.05B$147.12B17.57420,000Options Volume
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.1195 of 5 stars
$399.68
+1.0%
$423.09
+5.9%
+35.1%$14.84B$15.55B27.8542,500Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
TBBB
BBB Foods
1.6557 of 5 stars
$25.07
+0.1%
$32.00
+27.6%
+10.1%$2.86B$53.41B0.0021,924
GO
Grocery Outlet
2.7774 of 5 stars
$12.95
+8.0%
$15.25
+17.8%
-55.3%$1.26B$4.37B25.39950
ARKO
Arko
3.5114 of 5 stars
$3.98
+2.1%
$6.58
+65.4%
-25.8%$460.77M$8.73B24.8813,481Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
MSS
Maison Solutions
0.6137 of 5 stars
$1.18
-3.3%
N/A-18.7%$23.23M$91.19M-7.38175Positive News
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.4173 of 5 stars
$140.99
+3.1%
$162.92
+15.6%
+131.6%$13.90B$7.72B37.5032,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:WMK) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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