Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC): Price and Financial Metrics

NGVC POWR Grades

• NGVC scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 89.88% of US stocks.
• NGVC's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving up over the last 48 weeks.
• NGVC ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 37th percentile.

NGVC Stock Summary

• Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 95.62% of US listed stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.43% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• NGVC's price/sales ratio is 0.23; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 3.12% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to NGVC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are IMKTA, SPTN, DLTH, COKE, and HY.
• NGVC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc's official web site, go to www.naturalgrocers.com.

NGVC Valuation Summary

• NGVC's price/sales ratio is 0.3; this is 78.57% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• NGVC's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.9 over the prior 111 months.
• NGVC's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 9.5 over the prior 111 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NGVC.

NGVC Growth Metrics

• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at -17.76%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 66.2%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 57.68%.

Over the past 33 months, NGVC's revenue has gone up $198,003,000.

The table below shows NGVC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	1,047.045	36.059	17.1
2021-03-31	1,053.531	30.448	16.759
2020-12-31	1,071.857	68.366	21.773
2020-09-30	1,036.842	66.503	20.009
2020-06-30	999.873	70.544	17.638
2020-03-31	959.174	68.149	14.945

NGVC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• NGVC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 77.22% of graded US stocks.
• NGVC's asset turnover comes in at 1.579 -- ranking 70th of 164 Retail stocks.
• AZO, PSMT, and SBH are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NGVC.

The table below shows NGVC's key quality metrics over time.