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Financial
Technical
Why is Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 19.52%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.54 times
3
The company has declared Positive results for the last 6 consecutive quarters
- ROCE(HY) Highest at 23.58%
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 7.89 times
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -3.07% (YoY)
4
With ROCE of 27.96%, it has a expensive valuation with a 4.99 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -40.28%, its profits have risen by 46% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 14.11% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -40.28% returns
Real-Time Research ReportHow much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. for you?
High Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
-36.89%
0.45
56.27%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.70
20.15%
Quality
Management Risk
Growth
Capital StructureQuality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.51%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.53%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
13.04
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.54
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.10
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
5.42
Tax Ratio
20.71%
Dividend Payout Ratio
24.03%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
48.37%
ROCE (avg)
19.52%
ROE (avg)
16.60%
ValuationValuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.68
EV to EBIT
9.49
EV to EBITDA
6.21
EV to Capital Employed
2.55
EV to Sales
0.45
PEG Ratio
0.50
Dividend Yield
2.10%
ROCE (Latest)
26.90%
ROE (Latest)
21.77%
TechnicalsTechnical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned 
Financial Trend8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Highest at USD 73.75 MM
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 23.81%
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at 137.15 %
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by 1.62% (YoY
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 122.33
0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
Here's what is working for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 137.15 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 73.75 MM
in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 122.33
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.62% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
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