Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) Stock

Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $43.23 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $181.74M and a trailing P/E of 3.3. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Village Super Market, Inc. operates a chain of supermarkets in the United States, including ShopRite, Fairway Markets, and Gourmet Garage specialty stores in the Mid-Atlantic region. Its stores offer departments such as on-site bakery and delicatessen offerings, along with natural and organic foods and pharmacies.

Understand Village Super Market, Inc.: how it makes money

Village Super Market runs supermarket stores (ShopRite, Fairway Markets, and Gourmet Garage) and makes money by selling groceries with specialty departments, including an on-site bakery, expanded delicatessen, natural and organic foods, ethnic and international foods, prepared foods, and pharmacies.

Its profit engine is selling everyday customer demand through physical supermarket locations, where the store concept blends core grocery with higher-touch specialty offerings (prepared foods, bakery, delicatessen, and pharmacy).

Business quality (Mixed): Clear description of store mix and banners, but limited segment detail and only one explicit operating metric (store count) are provided here.

Valuation: At 3× earnings, VLGEA trades 85% below the Retail average (19×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Specialty store departments: Stores include specialty departments such as on-site bakery and expanded delicatessen, plus prepared foods and pharmacies, which can support differentiation within a supermarket.
  • Multiple supermarket banners: The company operates three store formats, ShopRite supermarkets, Fairway Markets, and Gourmet Garage specialty markets, which can help reach different customer preferences across its footprint.

Bear case

  • Thin operating margin: Operating margin is 3.7% for the period shown, leaving less room for cost increases or weaker sales.
  • Footprint and scale are key variables: The only provided operating metric is the number of supermarkets, so results may be sensitive to store count and store-level performance.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$43.23
Market Cap$181.74M
P/E Ratio3.3
EV / EBITDA1.1
Price / Book0.35
Price / Sales0.08
FCF Yield31.0%
DCF Value (model)$259.41
DCF Upside vs Price500.1%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$2.32B
Net Margin2.4%
Revenue Growth (YoY)1.6%
FCF Growth (YoY)54.1%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score3.38 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score7/9 (strong)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E3.3
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)20.5
Industry P/E (Retail)19.5
vs Sector-83.7%
vs Industry-82.9%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderDIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP ($31.15M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorConsumer Discretionary
IndustryRetail
CEOJohn J. Sumas
Employees2,190
CountryUS
IPO Date1990-03-27

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.