Village Super Market Inc. Class A Common Stock (VLGEA)

FairStock Score: 65/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a value investor, I look for a durable business bought at a sensible price. Village Super Market is a defensive grocery chain: people eat in good times and bad, and its beta of 0.44 reflects that stability. The financials show a real but thin-margin operation. In fiscal 2026, ended 2026-07-25, revenue was $2.4B and net income was $52.5M; in fiscal 2025, revenue was $2.3B and net income was $56.4M. The latest filed quarter, ended 2026-04-25, had revenue of $572.6M and net income of $9.0M—about a 1.6% net margin. That is not a wide moat; grocery retail is competitive, and ROCE of 4.30% is modest, though ROE is 10.93%. The balance sheet has debt-to-equity of 0.62, and Altman Z-Score of 2.03 is in the grey zone. Piotroski F-Score of 3/9 suggests weak recent fundamental momentum. On valuation, at the 2026-10-13 close of $43.94, FairStock shows P/E 11.97, P/B 1.26, EV/EBITDA 7.51, and FCF yield 5.4%. The Graham Number is $53.58, giving a margin of safety of 17.99%. A 2.24% dividend and $34.3M trailing free cash flow add support. The Lynch category is STALWART, based on 21.3% annual profit growth over five years and 3.5% revenue growth, but recent profit has slipped. I see a fair-to-modestly-cheap defensive holding, not a bargain with a wide moat.

In plain English: Village Super Market runs supermarkets in the United States. The business is steady and defensive, with positive profit and cash flow, but recent profit has slipped and grocery margins are thin. At the 2026-10-13 close, the shares look moderately priced—not clearly cheap, but with a modest discount to a conservative value estimate based on its numbers.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q3 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-04-25) · fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-01-24) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-10-25) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-04-26) · FY2026 10-K (period ended 2026-07-25) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-07-26) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-07-27)

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