NGVC vs VLGEA
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. and Village Super Market, Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | NGVC | VLGEA |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.3B | $2.3B |
| Net income | $46.4M | $56.4M |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 28.6% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Return on equity | 24.0% | 12.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.00 | — |
| Dividend / share | — | — |
| Payout ratio | 23.7% | 23.6% |
| Free cash flow | $24.1M | $34.5M |
| Equity | $212.4M | $492.0M |
| Net debt / equity | −0.05× | −0.09× |
| Current ratio | 1.06× | 1.13× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 18.3% | 17.7% |
VLGEA bills 1.7× the revenue of NGVC, and NGVC keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (3.5% against 2.4%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Advertisement
AdSense · Leaderboard 728×90 · responsive
Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | NGVC | VLGEA |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.3B | $2.3B |
| FY2024 | $1.2B | $2.2B |
| FY2023 | $1.1B | $2.2B |
| FY2022 | $1.1B | $2.1B |
| FY2021 | $1.1B | $2.0B |
| FY2020 | $1.0B | $1.8B |
| FY2019 | $903.6M | $1.6B |
| FY2018 | $849.0M | $1.6B |
| FY2017 | $769.0M | $1.6B |
| FY2016 | $705.5M | $1.6B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | NGVC | VLGEA |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $46.4M | $56.4M |
| FY2024 | $33.9M | $50.5M |
| FY2023 | $23.2M | $49.7M |
| FY2022 | $21.4M | $26.8M |
| FY2021 | $20.6M | $20.0M |
| FY2020 | $20.0M | $24.9M |
| FY2019 | $9.4M | $25.5M |
| FY2018 | $12.7M | $25.1M |
| FY2017 | $6.9M | $22.9M |
| FY2016 | $11.5M | $25.0M |
Advertisement
AdSense · Rectangle 336×280
The companies