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Regional US supermarket chain operating grocery stores across Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic.
Regional US supermarket chain operating grocery stores across Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic.
Earns small margins on a large volume of groceries, with own-brand goods and pharmacy adding to the mix; stores are supplied from its own distribution center in Pennsylvania. The founding Weis family holds the controlling stake.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). Regional density and owned distribution give a local cost/logistics edge, though national chains compete on price.
Headquarters: Sunbury, Pennsylvania, US · Founded: 1912 · Employees: 22,000
Size Weis Markets (WMK) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $1.92B, the 1819th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $77.72 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 9.7%, against -4.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.6%); the operating margin is 2.5% (peer median 4.0%).
Valuation It trades at 0.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.6× (8th cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +0 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.8 points above its cost of capital (6.6% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 11.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.11B | $4.96B | $4.79B | $4.71B | $4.70B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +2% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.31B | $1.13B | $1.10B | $1.08B | $1.21B |
| EBITDA | n/a | $227M | $230M | $235M | $261M |
| Net income | $101M | $93.7M | $106M | $104M | $125M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $4.83M | $26.1M | $97.6M | $95.9M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $204M | $166M | $105M | $123M |
| Total debt | n/a | $172M | $173M | $183M | $186M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weis Markets WMK | $1.92B | +10% | +4% | 2% | 0.4× | 4.3% |
| Kroger KR | $40.0B | +4% | +2% | 3% | 0.4× | -6.0% |
| Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize AD.AS | $33.3B | -6% | 0% | 4% | 0.5× | -7.0% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | WMK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +7.2% | +2.7% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +9.7% | -4.1% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -7.2% | -13.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.1% | +2.6% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 4.0% | 4th lowest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 0.4× | 0.6× | 8th cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.3% | -2.7% | 4th most demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.8% | +3.0% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.5 pp | -7.6 pp | 5th most demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.8 pp | +3.6 pp | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weis Markets WMK | United States | $1.92B | +10% | +4% | 2% | 0.4× | 4.3% | +3.8% |
| Shanghai Bailian 600827.SS | China | $1.99B | -5% | -9% | -2% | 0.7× | -3.5% | -6.7% |
| BGF Retail 282330.KS | South Korea | $1.82B | +9% | +5% | 3% | 0.2× | -18.3% | +7.9% |
| Yesway YSWY | United States | $1.56B | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingles Markets IMKTA | United States | $1.53B | -5% | +1% | 3% | 0.3× | -1.4% | +3.0% |
| Blue Zones 417A.T | Japan | $2.56B | +11% | +12% | 4% | 0.5× | -4.0% | +9.9% |
| Life 8194.T | Japan | $1.43B | +1% | +3% | 3% | 0.3× | -11.0% | +3.0% |
| Better Life Commercial Chain Share 002251.SZ | China | $1.34B | -19% | +11% | 5% | 3.4× | 10.8% | -23.1% |
| Sheng Siong OV8.SI | Singapore | $2.77B | -22% | +10% | 10% | 2.0× | -1.6% | +2.4% |
| Grocery Outlet GO | United States | $1.29B | +59% | +5% | 4% | 0.7× | 4.4% | +8.4% |
| Kusuri No Aoki 3549.T | Japan | $2.88B | +26% | +13% | 5% | 0.9× | 4.1% | +13.1% |
| Aryzta ARYN.SW | Switzerland | $1.28B | -26% | -3% | 7% | 0.9× | -6.6% | +3.0% |
| Arcs 9948.T | Japan | $1.27B | +5% | +2% | 3% | 0.2× | -10.6% | +2.4% |
| Chongqing Chongbai Technology 600729.SS | China | $1.26B | -9% | -11% | 4% | 0.7× | -10.4% | -6.9% |
| Valor 9956.T | Japan | $1.25B | -6% | +9% | 3% | 0.3× | -2.7% | +4.8% |
| Taiwan FamilyMart 5903.TWO | Taiwan | $1.23B | -4% | +7% | 2% | 0.3× | -2.4% | +5.2% |
| San-a 2659.T | Japan | $1.22B | -2% | +6% | 7% | 0.6× | -12.3% | +3.9% |
| Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion DIA.MC | Spain | $3.15B | +25% | +2% | 3% | 0.6× | 4.9% | -3.6% |
| Fuji 8278.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | -1% | 1% | 0.2× | 2.6% | +20.9% |
| Toly Bread 603866.SS | China | $1.01B | -15% | -2% | 8% | 1.4× | 0.5% | -1.8% |
| Chengdu Hongqi Chain 002697.SZ | China | $1.01B | -5% | -1% | 5% | 0.5× | -17.5% | +1.1% |