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How Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. stacks up
NGVC · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
70/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #54 of 152 · scores higher than 64% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score18 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including NGVC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 4.7% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on assets: 6.9% vs peer median 4.0%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on invested capital: 22.4% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NGVC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NGVC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported | 22.4% | 8.4% | 83% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported | 4.7% | 5.9% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported | 6.9% | 4.3% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported | 21.6% | 10.2% | 80% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported | 33.5% | 35.5% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NGVC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 128.5B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 324.2B USD | 99 | 54 | |
| 1 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 5 | 3.4B USD | 97 | 54 | |
| 50 | 12.9B USD | 71 | 62 | |
| 50 | 7.2B USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 50 | 397M USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 54 | 49.0B USD | 70 | 49 | |
| 54 | 644M USD | 70 | 54 | |
| 56 | 336M USD | 69 | 63 | |
| 56 | 1.0B USD | 69 | 83 | |
| 56 | 1.3B USD | 69 | 66 | |
| 59 | 1.6B USD | 68 | 65 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score