Monday, April 28, 2008

Whole Foods Multiples

Worth noting -- Whole Foods currently has the highest valuation multiples among a selection of public grocery store companies. It pays to be organic...


Company Name

TEV/LTM Revenue

TEV/LTM EBITDA

LTM Gross Margin

LTM EBITDA Margin

Delhaize Group (ENXTBR:DELB)

0.4x

5.4x

25%

8%

Ingles Markets Inc. (NasdaqNM:IMKT.A)

0.4x

6.0x

24%

6%

Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR)

0.4x

6.9x

24%

5%

Ruddick Corp. (NYSE:RDK)

0.6x

8.2x

30%

7%

SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE:SVU)

0.3x

5.6x

23%

6%

Village Super Market Inc. (NasdaqNM:VLGE.A)

0.3x

5.9x

27%

5%

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NasdaqNM:WFMI)

0.7x

10.3x

35%

7%

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. (NasdaqNM:WINN)

0.1x

8.4x

27%

1%

1 comment:

Juan said...

thanks, banker!