NGVC vs SFM
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. and Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | NGVC | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.3B | $8.8B |
| Net income | $46.4M | $523.7M |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 38.8% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.9% |
| Return on equity | 24.0% | 38.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.00 | $5.31 |
| Dividend / share | — | — |
| Payout ratio | 23.7% | — |
| Free cash flow | $24.1M | $467.7M |
| Equity | $212.4M | $1.4B |
| Net debt / equity | −0.05× | −0.07× |
| Current ratio | 1.06× | 0.93× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 5.1% | 6.4% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 18.3% | 12.7% |
SFM bills 6.6× the revenue of NGVC, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (5.9% against 3.5%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | NGVC | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.3B | $8.8B |
| FY2024 | $1.2B | $7.7B |
| FY2023 | $1.1B | $6.8B |
| FY2022 | $1.1B | $6.4B |
| FY2021 | $1.1B | $6.1B |
| FY2020 | $1.0B | $6.5B |
| FY2019 | $903.6M | $5.6B |
| FY2018 | $849.0M | $5.2B |
| FY2017 | $769.0M | $4.7B |
| FY2016 | $705.5M | $4.0B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | NGVC | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $46.4M | $523.7M |
| FY2024 | $33.9M | $380.6M |
| FY2023 | $23.2M | $258.9M |
| FY2022 | $21.4M | $261.2M |
| FY2021 | $20.6M | $244.2M |
| FY2020 | $20.0M | $287.4M |
| FY2019 | $9.4M | $149.6M |
| FY2018 | $12.7M | $158.5M |
| FY2017 | $6.9M | $158.4M |
| FY2016 | $11.5M | $124.3M |
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The companies