Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC) is a Grocery Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $26.50. It has a SharesGrow Score of 61/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 3 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of NGVC = $19.15 (-27.7% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued). Analyst consensus target is NGVC = $54 (+103.8% upside).
Valuation: NGVC trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 12.7 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.22.
Financials: revenue is $1.3B, +6.9%/yr average growth. Net income is $46M, growing at +30.6%/yr. Net profit margin is 3.5% (thin). Gross margin is 29.9% (+1.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $332M against $212M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.56, leveraged). Current ratio is 1.06 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 49.5%. Total assets: $671M.
Analyst outlook: 9 / 16 analysts rate NGVC as buy (56%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 56/100 (Partial), Growth 83/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 43/100 (Fail), Future 64/100 (Pass), Income 30/100 (Fail).
