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How Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. stacks up
NGVC · against 288 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
70/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #58 of 289 · scores higher than 79% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score21 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 · 275 reported | 22.4% | 5.7% | 89% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 288 reported | 4.7% | 6.3% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 277 reported | 6.9% | 3.1% | 82% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 276 reported | 21.6% | 6.4% | 93% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 290 reported | 33.5% | 27.9% | 67% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NGVC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 1 | 55.2B JPY (≈$376M) | 99 | 87 | |
| 1 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 1 | 14.8B THB (≈$413M) | 99 | 63 | |
| 5 | 4.0B MYR (≈$870M) | 98 | 67 | |
| 57 | 397M USD | 71 | 72 | |
| 58 | 159.9B JPY (≈$1.1B) | 70 | 74 | |
| 58 | 92.3B INR (≈$1.1B) | 70 | 69 | |
| 58 | 69.8B INR (≈$837M) | 70 | 78 | |
| 58 | 644M USD | 70 | 54 | |
| 62 | 2.6B CNY (≈$371M) | 69 | 54 | |
| 62 | 336M USD | 69 | 63 | |
| 62 | 1.0B USD | 69 | 83 | |
| 65 | 6.5B HKD (≈$837M) | 68 | 63 |
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