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Employees: 7,100
Size Village Super Market (VLGEA) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $551M, the 2631st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $41.22 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.7%, against -7.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.5%); the operating margin is 2.7% (peer median 3.0%).
Valuation It trades at 0.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.4× (7th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points above its cost of capital (6.5% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 1.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.41B | $2.41B | $2.32B | $2.24B | $2.17B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +4% | +3% | — |
| Gross profit | $643M | $643M | $629M | $609M | $582M |
| EBITDA | $101M | $101M | $109M | $101M | $100M |
| Net income | $51.0M | $51.0M | $54.5M | $48.6M | $48.1M |
| Free cash flow | $55.1M | $55.1M | $34.5M | $17.7M | $58.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $53.7M | $53.7M | $58.8M | $63.1M | $46.4M |
| Total debt | $321M | $321M | $341M | $372M | $393M |
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| Measure | VLGEA | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.2% | +0.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -7.7% | -7.9% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -14.5% | -25.4% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.7% | +1.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 3.0% | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.3× | 0.4× | 7th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -2.5% | -5.8% | 6th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.5% | +4.0% | 9th highest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -6.0 pp | -14.0 pp | 7th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.6 pp | +2.5 pp | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.9× | -0.1× | 6th most indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village Super Market VLGEA | United States | $551M | -8% | +4% | 3% | 0.3× | -2.5% | +3.5% |
| Yinchuan Xinhua Commercial 600785.SS | China | $540M | -8% | -2% | 4% | 1.1× | 2.7% | +0.9% |
| Liqun Commercial 601366.SS | China | $528M | -9% | -25% | -4% | 1.5× | 2.9% | -4.2% |
| Zhongbai 000759.SZ | China | $521M | 0% | -22% | -11% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Bestore 603719.SS | China | $587M | -11% | 0% | 0% | 0.5× | 6.3% | -7.0% |
| Halows 2742.T | Japan | $500M | -7% | +6% | 5% | 0.3× | -12.8% | +8.2% |
| JM Holdings Co., Ltd. 3539.T | Japan | $493M | +12% | +7% | 5% | 0.3× | -12.4% | +8.9% |
| Maxvalu Tokai 8198.T | Japan | $621M | -10% | +1% | 3% | 0.1× | -20.0% | +1.6% |
| Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVC | United States | $659M | +8% | +2% | 5% | 0.7× | 10.6% | +5.1% |
| ARKO ARKO | United States | $445M | -42% | -2% | 2% | 0.2× | -4.2% | +13.8% |
| Aeon Hokkaido 7512.T | Japan | $719M | -4% | +3% | 2% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company 2517.HK | Hong Kong | $422M | -62% | +25% | 6% | 0.2× | -17.7% | +20.5% |
| Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDL | United States | $413M | -30% | -44% | -1% | 0.1× | -20.2% | +15.6% |
| Heiwado 8276.T | Japan | $749M | -2% | +2% | 3% | 0.2× | -3.8% | +0.7% |
| Retail Partners 8167.T | Japan | $380M | +6% | +4% | 2% | 0.2× | -7.3% | +2.8% |
| Sanjiang Shopping Club 601116.SS | China | $833M | -26% | -7% | 3% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| WH Smith SMWH.L | United Kingdom | $851M | -10% | -31% | 8% | 1.3× | 9.1% | +8.8% |
| BELC 9974.T | Japan | $852M | -8% | +5% | 4% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Saint Marc 3395.T | Japan | $353M | -5% | +17% | 5% | 0.7× | -4.3% | +15.0% |
| Axial Retailing 8255.T | Japan | $865M | +30% | +3% | 4% | 0.4× | -10.9% | +2.9% |
| Jiajiayue 603708.SS | China | $874M | -12% | 0% | 2% | 0.4× | -12.7% | +1.5% |