(WMK) Weis Markets - Overview
Sector: Consumer Defensive | Industry: Grocery Stores | Exchange: NYSE (USA) | Market Cap: 1.788m USD | Total Return: -4.4% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 9.59M
EPS Trend: -27.2%
Rev. Trend: 84.8%
Warnings
Choppy
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK) is a regional food retailer operating a chain of supermarkets across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, the company manages a diverse portfolio of stores in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Its retail offerings include a full range of grocery departments, pharmacy services, prepared foods, and fuel stations under various proprietary brand names.
The company operates within the consumer staples sector, a category characterized by steady demand regardless of economic cycles. As a regional player in the highly competitive food retail sub-industry, Weis Markets utilizes a vertically integrated business model that includes its own processing facilities for milk and ice cream to enhance supply chain efficiency. Investors can find additional historical performance metrics and peer comparisons on ValueRay to further their analysis. The firm maintains a localized market strategy through several sub-brands, including Weis Gas-n-Go and Weis 2 Go, to capture diverse consumer spending habits.
- Regional grocery store foot traffic driven by concentrated Mid-Atlantic market presence
- Private label expansion offsets rising wholesale food costs and improves margins
- Fuel price volatility impacts Gas-n-Go revenue and total store visit frequency
- Pharmacy and prepared food service growth diversifies traditional grocery revenue streams
- Labor market shortages in Pennsylvania and Maryland increase operational overhead expenses
| Net Income: 101.1m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.42 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 6.86% < 20% (prev 9.98%; Δ -3.11% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.11 > 3% & CFO 232.6m > Net Income 101.1m |
| Net Debt (-25.1m) to EBITDA (241.6m): -0.10 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.04 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (24.7m) vs 12m ago -8.01% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 23.10% > 18% (prev 0.25%; Δ 2.28k% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 244.0% > 50% (prev 231.5%; Δ 12.56% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 7.83 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 241.6m / Interest Expense TTM 14.7m) |
| A: 0.17 (Total Current Assets 674.6m - Total Current Liabilities 330.6m) / Total Assets 2.03b |
| B: 0.82 (Retained Earnings 1.66b / Total Assets 2.03b) |
| C: 0.06 (EBIT TTM 115.0m / Avg Total Assets 2.05b) |
| D: 2.53 (Book Value of Equity 1.66b / Total Liabilities 656.3m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 6.81 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.15 (Receivables 98.2m/81.9m, Revenue 5.01b/4.82b) |
| GMI: 1.09 (GM 23.10% / 25.26%) |
| AQI: 1.03 (AQ_t 0.04 / AQ_t-1 0.04) |
| SGI: 1.04 (Revenue 5.01b / 4.82b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 101.1m - CFO 232.6m) / TA 2.03b) |
| Beneish M = -2.84 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of May 27, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 71.91 with a total of 70,035 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.15%,
over one month by +6.48%,
over three months by +8.84% and
over the past year by -4.43%.
Weis Markets has no consensus analysts rating.
| Analysts Target Price | 31 | -56.9% |
P/E Trailing = 17.837
P/E Forward = 8.6806
P/S = 0.3566
P/B = 1.3042
P/EG = 1.3815
Revenue TTM = 5.01b USD
EBIT TTM = 115.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 241.6m USD
Long Term Debt = 134.1m USD (estimated: total debt 173.8m - short term 39.7m)
Short Term Debt = 39.7m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 173.8m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 173.8m already included)
Net Debt = -25.1m USD (calculated: Debt 173.8m - CCE 198.8m)
Enterprise Value = 1.76b USD (1.79b + Debt 173.8m - CCE 198.8m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 7.83 (Ebit TTM 115.0m / Interest Expense TTM 14.7m)
EV/FCF = 73.21x (Enterprise Value 1.76b / FCF TTM 24.1m)
FCF Yield = 1.37% (FCF TTM 24.1m / Enterprise Value 1.76b)
FCF Margin = 0.48% (FCF TTM 24.1m / Revenue TTM 5.01b)
Net Margin = 2.02% (Net Income TTM 101.1m / Revenue TTM 5.01b)
Gross Margin = 23.10% ((Revenue TTM 5.01b - Cost of Revenue TTM 3.86b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 26.30% (prev 16.25%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.87 (Enterprise Value 1.76b / Total Assets 2.03b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 8.46% (Interest Expense 14.7m / Debt 173.8m)
Taxrate = 25.48% (9.52m / 37.4m)
NOPAT = 85.7m (EBIT 115.0m * (1 - 25.48%))
Current Ratio = 2.04 (Total Current Assets 674.6m / Total Current Liabilities 330.6m)
Debt / Equity = 0.13 (Debt 173.8m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.37b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.10 (Net Debt -25.1m / EBITDA 241.6m)
Debt / FCF = -1.04 (Net Debt -25.1m / FCF TTM 24.1m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.35b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.92% (Net Income 101.1m / Total Assets 2.03b)
RoE = 7.49% (Net Income TTM 101.1m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.35b)
RoCE = 7.75% (EBIT 115.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.35b + L.T.Debt 134.1m))
RoIC = 5.58% (NOPAT 85.7m / Invested Capital 1.54b)
WACC = 5.25% (E(1.79b)/V(1.96b) * Re(5.15%) + D(173.8m)/V(1.96b) * Rd(8.46%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 5.15% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -74.74 | Cagr: -3.64%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈24.1m ; Y1≈24.2m ; Y5≈25.6m
[DCF] Fair Price = 17.11 (EV 398.3m - Net Debt -25.1m = Equity 423.3m / Shares 24.7m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -27.20 | EPS CAGR: -2.04% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 84.80 | Revenue CAGR: 1.86% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0