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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. NGVC

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28.93 USD -0.33 (-1.13%)

Nov 6, 2026, 12:56 PM EST

28.50 Day range 29.18
23.47 52-week range 34.59
YTD
+15.49%
1 year
-7.57%

Financial health

Altman Z-Score

3.54 Safe zone

Bankruptcy-risk model: below 1.81 distress, above 2.99 safe.

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9 Average

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency.

Rating

B3 / 5 overall

  • DCF 2
  • Return on Equity 5
  • Return on Assets 4
  • Debt / Equity 1
  • P/E 3
  • P/B 2

Valuation

P/E 19.8×
FY 2016: 21.9×FY 2017: 18.0×FY 2018: 28.4×FY 2019: 23.8×FY 2020: 11.1×FY 2021: 12.3×FY 2022: 11.5×FY 2023: 12.7×FY 2024: 19.9×FY 2025: 19.8×
FY 2016 5y median 12.7× FY 2025
P/S 0.7×
FY 2016: 0.4×FY 2017: 0.2×FY 2018: 0.4×FY 2019: 0.2×FY 2020: 0.2×FY 2021: 0.2×FY 2022: 0.2×FY 2023: 0.3×FY 2024: 0.5×FY 2025: 0.7×
FY 2016 5y median 0.3× FY 2025
P/B 4.3×
FY 2016: 2.0×FY 2017: 0.9×FY 2018: 2.5×FY 2019: 1.4×FY 2020: 1.3×FY 2021: 1.8×FY 2022: 1.6×FY 2023: 1.7×FY 2024: 3.9×FY 2025: 4.3×
FY 2016 5y median 1.8× FY 2025
P/FCF 38.3×
FY 2016: -10.1×FY 2017: -328×FY 2018: 18.9×FY 2019: 48.2×FY 2020: 6.0×FY 2021: 9.9×FY 2022: 29.6×FY 2023: 11.1×FY 2024: 19.3×FY 2025: 38.3×
FY 2016 5y median 19.3× FY 2025
EV/EBITDA 13.1×
FY 2016: 6.7×FY 2017: 4.1×FY 2018: 9.1×FY 2019: 6.0×FY 2020: 16.3×FY 2021: 10.9×FY 2022: 10.8×FY 2023: 10.7×FY 2024: 13.0×FY 2025: 13.1×
FY 2016 5y median 10.9× FY 2025
EV/Sales 0.9×
FY 2016: 0.4×FY 2017: 0.2×FY 2018: 0.5×FY 2019: 0.3×FY 2020: 0.9×FY 2021: 0.6×FY 2022: 0.6×FY 2023: 0.6×FY 2024: 0.8×FY 2025: 0.9×
FY 2016 5y median 0.6× FY 2025
FCF Yield 2.6%
FY 2016: -9.9%FY 2017: -0.3%FY 2018: 5.3%FY 2019: 2.1%FY 2020: 16.6%FY 2021: 10.1%FY 2022: 3.4%FY 2023: 9.0%FY 2024: 5.2%FY 2025: 2.6%
FY 2016 5y median 5.2% FY 2025

Profitability

Gross Margin 29.9%
FY 2016: 28.6%FY 2017: 27.6%FY 2018: 26.6%FY 2019: 26.4%FY 2020: 27.3%FY 2021: 27.7%FY 2022: 28.0%FY 2023: 28.7%FY 2024: 29.4%FY 2025: 29.9%
FY 2016 5y median 28.7% FY 2025
Operating Margin 4.7%
FY 2016: 2.9%FY 2017: 1.8%FY 2018: 1.8%FY 2019: 1.9%FY 2020: 2.7%FY 2021: 2.7%FY 2022: 2.8%FY 2023: 2.8%FY 2024: 3.8%FY 2025: 4.7%
FY 2016 5y median 2.8% FY 2025
Net Margin 3.5%
FY 2016: 1.6%FY 2017: 0.9%FY 2018: 1.5%FY 2019: 1.0%FY 2020: 1.9%FY 2021: 1.9%FY 2022: 2.0%FY 2023: 2.0%FY 2024: 2.7%FY 2025: 3.5%
FY 2016 5y median 2.0% FY 2025
ROE 21.9%
FY 2016: 9.1%FY 2017: 5.1%FY 2018: 8.6%FY 2019: 6.0%FY 2020: 11.6%FY 2021: 14.4%FY 2022: 13.7%FY 2023: 13.6%FY 2024: 19.5%FY 2025: 21.9%
FY 2016 5y median 14.4% FY 2025
ROIC 8.8%
FY 2016: 6.2%FY 2017: 4.1%FY 2018: 6.6%FY 2019: 5.5%FY 2020: 3.7%FY 2021: 4.0%FY 2022: 4.1%FY 2023: 4.7%FY 2024: 7.0%FY 2025: 8.8%
FY 2016 5y median 4.7% FY 2025
ROA 6.9%
FY 2016: 4.1%FY 2017: 2.3%FY 2018: 4.1%FY 2019: 2.9%FY 2020: 2.9%FY 2021: 3.1%FY 2022: 3.2%FY 2023: 3.5%FY 2024: 5.2%FY 2025: 6.9%
FY 2016 5y median 3.5% FY 2025

Growth (YoY)

Revenue 7.2%
FY 2016: 12.9%FY 2017: 9.0%FY 2018: 10.4%FY 2019: 6.4%FY 2020: 14.7%FY 2021: 1.8%FY 2022: 3.2%FY 2023: 4.7%FY 2024: 8.9%FY 2025: 7.2%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Operating Income 32.0%
FY 2016: -28.8%FY 2017: -30.8%FY 2018: 6.8%FY 2019: 11.4%FY 2020: 65.5%FY 2021: 2.1%FY 2022: 6.5%FY 2023: 5.0%FY 2024: 48.3%FY 2025: 32.0%
FY 2016 FY 2025
EPS (diluted) 36.1%
FY 2016: -29.2%FY 2017: -39.2%FY 2018: 80.6%FY 2019: -25.0%FY 2020: 111.9%FY 2021: 2.2%FY 2022: 3.3%FY 2023: 8.5%FY 2024: 44.1%FY 2025: 36.1%
FY 2016 FY 2025
Free Cash Flow -31.8%
FY 2016: -686.2%FY 2017: 98.5%FY 2018: 5112.0%FY 2019: -75.7%FY 2020: 694.1%FY 2021: -30.7%FY 2022: -67.8%FY 2023: 221.4%FY 2024: 32.3%FY 2025: -31.8%
FY 2016 FY 2025

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.1×
FY 2016: 1.5×FY 2017: 1.5×FY 2018: 1.4×FY 2019: 1.4×FY 2020: 1.1×FY 2021: 1.0×FY 2022: 1.0×FY 2023: 1.0×FY 2024: 0.9×FY 2025: 1.1×
FY 2016 5y median 1.0× FY 2025
Quick Ratio 0.2×
FY 2016: 0.2×FY 2017: 0.2×FY 2018: 0.2×FY 2019: 0.2×FY 2020: 0.3×FY 2021: 0.3×FY 2022: 0.2×FY 2023: 0.2×FY 2024: 0.2×FY 2025: 0.2×
FY 2016 5y median 0.2× FY 2025
Debt / Equity 1.6×
FY 2016: 0.5×FY 2017: 0.5×FY 2018: 0.4×FY 2019: 0.4×FY 2020: 4.4×FY 2021: 2.8×FY 2022: 2.5×FY 2023: 2.2×FY 2024: 2.0×FY 2025: 1.6×
FY 2016 5y median 2.2× FY 2025
Net Debt / EBITDA 3.4×
FY 2016: 1.2×FY 2017: 1.3×FY 2018: 1.0×FY 2019: 1.1×FY 2020: 12.5×FY 2021: 6.5×FY 2022: 6.6×FY 2023: 5.8×FY 2024: 4.3×FY 2025: 3.4×
FY 2016 5y median 5.8× FY 2025
Interest Coverage 20.2×
FY 2016: 6.7×FY 2017: 3.7×FY 2018: 3.3×FY 2019: 3.4×FY 2020: 13.5×FY 2021: 12.5×FY 2022: 12.7×FY 2023: 9.6×FY 2024: 11.2×FY 2025: 20.2×
FY 2016 5y median 12.5× FY 2025

Dividends

Dividend Yield 1.2%
FY 2016: 0.0%FY 2017: 0.0%FY 2018: 0.0%FY 2019: 0.0%FY 2020: 2.8%FY 2021: 20.3%FY 2022: 3.7%FY 2023: 3.1%FY 2024: 4.7%FY 2025: 1.2%
FY 2016 5y median 3.7% FY 2025
Payout Ratio 23.7%
FY 2016: 0.0%FY 2017: 0.0%FY 2018: 0.0%FY 2019: 0.0%FY 2020: 31.5%FY 2021: 250.0%FY 2022: 42.4%FY 2023: 39.1%FY 2024: 93.9%FY 2025: 23.7%
FY 2016 5y median 42.4% FY 2025

Annual · latest fiscal year ends 2025-09-30