Company Analysis

Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA)

Nasdaq: VLGEA · Retail-Grocery Stores · Springfield, NJ · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.4● Present 6.2▶ Future 5.2
1 est.

The grade of Village Super Market, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past6.425% of the headline
● Present6.245% of the headline
▶ Future5.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.6 billion in fiscal 2018 to $2.4 billion in fiscal 2026, up 5.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.1%bottom 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 45% of 11 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 11 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Village Super Market, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 45% of 11 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-07-25, Village Super Market, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 65 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 23% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 11 in its family; net margin 2.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.4 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of 2.2% ranks in the top 23%; revenue growth of 3.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.41Bbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin2.2%top 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.6%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 28% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sumas, John James (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-01-16, 1.8 years (top 42% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 18.7 years (top 7%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 35%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 11 peopletop 35% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed18.7 yearstop 7% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.8 yearstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 27% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $131 million against debt of $54 million leaves 7.4% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.3% of revenue (top 32%); a gross margin of 28.2% (top 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets7.4%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.3%top 32% of its family
  • gross margin28.2%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 41% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3.6% a year over the last three filed years against 5.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 41% of its family); the newest year grew 3.7% (bottom 41%); capital spending grew 5% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Village Super Market, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Center Store at $1.4 billion (60%), Fresh at $833 million (36%), Pharmacy at $93 million (4%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.5 points a yearbottom 41% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.7%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending5.0%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 48% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Village Super Market, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.4 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 0.2% above the $2.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $52 million against a prior three-year average of $52 million (top 35%); a net margin of 2.2% against 2.3% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.2%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+1%top 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.1 pointstop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton VLGEA · research, not advice