Financial Survey: Village Super Market (VLGEA) & Its Rivals

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is one of 149 publicly-traded companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Village Super Market to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Village Super Market and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Village Super Market	$2.41 billion	$52.46 million	11.89
Village Super Market Competitors	$34.77 billion	$846.26 million	17.27

Village Super Market’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Village Super Market. Village Super Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Village Super Market has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Village Super Market’s rivals have a beta of 0.44, meaning that their average share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Village Super Market and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Village Super Market	2.18%	10.23%	5.17%
Village Super Market Competitors	-25.86%	3.88%	2.96%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Village Super Market and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Village Super Market	0	0	0	1	4.00
Village Super Market Competitors	2243	8283	10072	459	2.42

As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 54.99%. Given Village Super Market’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Village Super Market has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Village Super Market pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Village Super Market pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.7% and pay out 37.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 59.0% of Village Super Market shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Village Super Market beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Village Super Market Company Profile

Village Super Market, Inc. operates grocery stores, primarily under the ShopRite banner. Its supermarkets offer a broad range of food and household products, including fresh produce, meat, seafood, bakery and deli items, as well as prepared foods and other services. The company also operates specialty food stores under the Gourmet Garage name. Its stores serve communities in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania, with Gourmet Garage locations in New York City. Village Super Market’s roots trace back to 1937, when the Sumas family began its grocery business.