Village Super Market screens as statistically cheap but fails the quality floor, with weak margins, inconsistent earnings, and insider selling offsetting supportive price momentum - a value name whose re-rating depends on margin stabilization rather than growth.
Thesis pillars
- Positive Price Momentum Despite Weak Fundamentals→Stable
- Quality Score Below Investment Floor→Stable
- Attractive Relative Valuation→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 5, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Oct 8, 2026
Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) Stock Analysis
Inst Constrain edge
Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $43.22: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Village Super Market operates 34 ShopRite and Fairway supermarkets in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania plus three Gourmet Garage specialty markets in New York City, and is the second largest member of the Wakefern Food Corporation cooperative, which supplies its... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $43.22: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 32d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
About Village Super Market, Inc.
About Village Super Market, Inc.
Village operates 34 supermarkets in New Jersey (26), New York (6), Maryland (1) and Pennsylvania (1) under the ShopRite and Fairway banners, plus three Gourmet Garage markets in New York City, for 37 stores in total as of July 25, 2026. Founded in 1937, the company employed approximately 7,100 people at fiscal year-end, about 70% of them part-time, and fiscal 2026 same store sales were $62,841 thousand per store.
Village earns revenue by selling groceries and related goods to consumers. Groceries made up 34.5% of fiscal 2026 sales, followed by dairy and frozen at 16.9%, produce at 13.3% and meats at 10.1%, and store and own branded products accounted for approximately 17% of sales. As the second largest member of Wakefern, the nation's largest retailer-owned food cooperative, Village owns 13.0% of Wakefern's stock and receives volume purchasing, distribution, advertising and the ShopRite, Fairway and Gourmet Garage trademarks. Nineteen of its stores exceed 60,000 square feet, 21 have in-store pharmacies, and a centralized commissary supplies deli, bakery and prepared foods. The 10-K lists Acme, Aldi, Costco, Stop & Shop, Wegmans and Walmart among principal competitors, and describes grocery as a narrow-margin industry. Approximately 91% of employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements with seven unions, with about 12% of associates under contracts that have expired or expire within one year.
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Wakefern is both the company's engine and its largest dependency. Each member must buy a minimum of 85% of its requirements for Wakefern-offered products from Wakefern, and the shareholders' agreement carries change-of-control payments tied to profit contribution shortfalls. Wakefern may also refuse to sell to, or repurchase stock from, a member under specified circumstances such as bankruptcy or material breach. The 10-K states that a material change in Wakefern's method of operation or a termination of the relationship could have an adverse impact and involve additional expense. Store geography adds a second angle, since 26 of 34 supermarkets sit in New Jersey.
See also: Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores
From Village Super Market, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted October 18, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Village Super Market, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Village Super Market Q4 EPS $0.92 Down From $1.05 YoY, Sales $609.568M Up From $599.674M YoY — benzinga Oct 6, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-10-29T11:14:36Z.
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Thesis
Key Metrics
Quality Signals
Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHSupplierWakefern10-K Item 1: 'Each member is obligated to purchase from Wakefern a minimum of 85% of its requirements for products offered by Wakefern.'
- MEDIUMGeographicNew Jersey10-K Item 1: 'Village operates a chain of 34 supermarkets in New Jersey (26), New York (6), Maryland (1) and Pennsylvania (1)'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $43.22: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $41.17. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Resistance target: $45.60 (+5.5% upside). Prior stop was $41.17. Stop-loss: $41.17.
Concentration risk — Supplier: Wakefern; Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 2.0), Material insider selling (4 sells, 0.07% of cap).
Village Super Market, Inc. trades at a P/E of 12.2 (forward N/A). TrendMatrix value score: 8.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
What does Village Super Market, Inc. do?Village Super Market operates 34 ShopRite and Fairway supermarkets in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania...
Village Super Market operates 34 ShopRite and Fairway supermarkets in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania plus three Gourmet Garage specialty markets in New York City, and is the second largest member of the Wakefern Food Corporation cooperative, which supplies its products and brand names. About 7,100 employees work in the stores, and groceries were 34.5% of sales in fiscal 2026. Members must buy at least 85% of their Wakefern-offered requirements from Wakefern.