NGVC

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Consumer Defensive DELAYED
Last price
27.62
▲ 0.29 (1.06%)
MARKET ·

Price

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Open
27.33
Prev close
27.33
Day high
27.89
Day low
27.09
Volume
108.15K
Market cap
$636.53M
P/E (TTM)
13.47
52W range
23.47 – 41.40

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.00%
Prior close 27.33
VWAP
27.55
+0.25% from price
Relative volume
1.30×
Normal
Session range
2.95%
27.09 – 27.89
Position in range
66%
Mid range
ATR (14D)
1.49
5.41% of price
Prior day high
27.51
PDH
Prior day low
26.79
PDL
Bid / ask spread
Quote not published
Session volume
181.77K
Avg 140.32K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-1.81% -0.4%
1M
-5.89% -9.6%
3M
-4.86% -8.0%
6M
+10.00% -1.1%
YTD
+10.26% -2.0%
1Y
-31.87% -51.9%
3Y
+112.46% +38.3%
5Y

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on NGVC open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
+1.60K
Net buying
Buy transactions
3
4.60K shares
Sell transactions
1
3.00K shares
Net transactions
+4
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.7 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
10.10M
Total on file
Bought 4.60KSold 3.00K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
May 29, 26
ISELY CHARITY
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 3.00K $87.12K Direct
Mar 5, 26
BUFFA SANDRA M
Director
1.53K Direct
Mar 5, 26
CERKOVNIK EDWARD
Director
1.53K Direct
Mar 5, 26
ROONEY DAVID C.
Director
1.53K Direct
Nov 3, 25
ISELY RAQUEL M
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
4.00K Direct
Nov 3, 25
LINNANE ROBERT
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
2.00K Direct
Oct 1, 25
ISELY RAQUEL M
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
480 Direct
Aug 25, 25
ISELY LARK
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 500 $20.50K Direct
Aug 19, 25
ISELY LARK
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 2.00K $80.00K Direct
Jun 11, 25
ISELY LARK
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 2.00K $88.52K Direct
Mar 6, 25
BUFFA SANDRA M
Director
3.74K Direct
Mar 6, 25
CERKOVNIK EDWARD
Director
3.74K Direct
Mar 6, 25
HALLE RICHARD
Chief Financial Officer
3.74K Direct
Mar 6, 25
ROONEY DAVID C.
Director
3.74K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

9 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
BUFFA SANDRA M
Director 13.55K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
CERKOVNIK EDWARD
Director 61.75K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
DISSINGER TODD
Chief Financial Officer 90.59K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
HALLE RICHARD
Chief Financial Officer 66.66K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
ISELY CHARITY
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security 10.70K Sale
ISELY LARK
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security 4.18K Sale
ISELY RAQUEL M
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security 114.97K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
LINNANE ROBERT
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security 3.82K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
ROONEY DAVID C.
Director 20.36K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$636.53M
Enterprise value$941.74M
Revenue (TTM)$1.34B
Gross profit$449.78M
EBITDA$95.66M
Net income$47.64M
EPS (TTM)$2.05
Free cash flow$15.54M
Total cash$17.47M
Total debt$322.68M
Book value / share$10.02
Shares outstanding23.05M
Float10.58M
Short % of float7.67%
Dividend yield2.17%
Beta (5Y)1.27

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E13.47
Forward P/E11.96
PEG ratio1.44
Price / sales
Price / book2.76
EV / revenue0.70
EV / EBITDA9.84
Gross margin33.47%
Operating margin3.89%
Profit margin3.55%
Return on equity21.56%
Return on assets5.69%
Debt / equity134.78
Current ratio1.10
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $1.33B$1.24B$1.14B$1.09B +7.2%
Operating revenue $1.33B$1.24B$1.14B$1.09B +7.2%
Cost of revenue $932.96M$876.77M$813.64M$784.74M +6.4%
Gross profit $397.88M$364.81M$326.93M$304.88M +9.1%
Selling, general & admin $41.43M$37.05M$34.37M$31.56M +11.8%
Total operating expense $334.84M$316.11M$293.25M$273.62M +5.9%
Operating income $63.03M$48.70M$33.68M$31.26M +29.4%
Net interest income -$3.06M-$4.18M-$3.30M-$2.37M +26.7%
Pre-tax income $58.93M$42.80M$28.37M$27.78M +37.7%
Tax provision $12.48M$8.87M$5.13M$6.42M +40.8%
Net income $46.44M$33.94M$23.24M$21.36M +36.9%
Net income to common $46.44M$33.94M$23.24M$21.36M +36.9%
Basic EPS 2.021.491.020.94 +35.6%
Diluted EPS 2.001.471.020.94 +36.1%
EBIT $61.99M$46.98M$31.67M$30.16M +32.0%
EBITDA $93.80M$77.91M$60.58M$58.06M +20.4%
Basic shares 22.94M22.77M22.73M22.67M +0.7%
Diluted shares 23.26M23.08M22.83M22.82M +0.7%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.50
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.82
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
25.00
-9.5% from spot
ATM implied vol
71.9%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-21.1%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
4
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
2
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
25.00
29 contracts
Heaviest put OI
25.00
37 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.520.48 -7.7%
Mar 2026 0.550.58 +5.5%
Dec 2025 0.460.49 +6.5%
Sep 2025 0.420.51 +21.4%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.57 2 $352.06M
Next quarter 0.57 1 $346.69M
Current year 2.11 2 $1.36B +2.2%
Next year 2.31 2 $1.43B +5.1%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$44.67
High target$54.00
Low target$40.00
Implied upside61.72%
Analyst count3
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy0 / 3
Hold0
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders43.83%
Held by institutions41.02%
Institutions holding232
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
27.55
+0.25% from price
SMA 20
29.76
-7.20% from price
SMA 50
30.95
-10.76% from price
SMA 100
29.50
-6.36% from price
SMA 200
28.08
-1.65% from price
EMA 12
28.35
-2.57% from price
EMA 26
29.46
-6.26% from price
EMA 50
29.94
-7.75% from price
RSI (14)
39.2
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-1.11
Hist -0.21
ATR (14)
1.49
5.41% of price
Realised vol 30D
58.6%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
34.59
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
24.93
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
30.95 vs 28.08
Trend bias
Below 200
-1.65%

Options chain

Account required
ExpirySpot 27.62
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
-0.07
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
-0.02
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
58.6%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-42.3%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-64.1%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.49
5.41% of price
Beta (reported)
1.27
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
738.72K
Prior 635.15K
Change vs prior
+16.3%
Shorts adding
% of float
7.67%
Normal
% of shares out
3.21%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
6.9
Crowded exit
Float
10.58M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

34 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Feb 13, 26 Freedom Broker INITIATED Buy
Oct 9, 20 Wolfe Research INITIATED Outperform
Sep 18, 18 Citigroup MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 8, 18 Citigroup MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jun 12, 18 Citigroup MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jan 31, 18 RBC Capital UPGRADE Sector Perform Outperform
Nov 17, 17 Deutsche Bank MAINTAINED Hold
Aug 14, 17 Citigroup MAINTAINED Buy
Feb 3, 17 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey DOWNGRADE Buy Hold
Jan 31, 17 Jefferies DOWNGRADE Buy Hold
Oct 11, 16 Citigroup INITIATED Buy
Sep 30, 16 Jefferies MAINTAINED Buy

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$0.60 / yr
Forward yield2.17%
5-year avg yield2.24%
Payout ratio27.80%
Ex-dividend dateAug 17, 2026
Next pay dateSep 2, 2026
Last split
Split date

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