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Best Grocery Store Stocks to Buy Now (2023)

Top grocery store stocks in 2023 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best grocery store stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the grocery stores industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best grocery store stocks to buy right now are:

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) is the top grocery store stock with a Zen Score of 53, which is 17 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 36. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ingles Markets has seen its stock return 23.32% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 24 percentage points.

Ingles Markets stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ingles Markets, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) is the second best grocery store stock with a Zen Score of 50, which is 14 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 36. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kroger Co has seen its stock return 0.18% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 1 percentage points.

Kroger Co has an average 1 year price target of $53.57, an upside of 20.49% from Kroger Co's current stock price of $44.46.

Kroger Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Kroger Co, 13.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 26.67% have issued a Buy, 46.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 13.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

Caseys General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) is the third best grocery store stock with a Zen Score of 48, which is 12 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 36. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caseys General Stores has seen its stock return 25.65% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 26 percentage points.

Caseys General Stores has an average 1 year price target of $267.33, an upside of 15.91% from Caseys General Stores's current stock price of $230.64.

Caseys General Stores stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Caseys General Stores, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 7 grocery store stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 grocery store stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) has an annual dividend yield of 4.35%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the grocery store industry average of 1.97%. Village Super Market's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Village Super Market's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Village Super Market's dividend payout ratio of 42.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.16%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the grocery store industry average of 1.97%.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage's dividend payout ratio of 42.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) has an annual dividend yield of 2.11%, which is the same as the grocery store industry average of 1.97%. Kroger Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Kroger Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kroger Co's dividend payout ratio of 29.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Grocery store stocks were up 0.14% in the last day, and up 1.22% over the last week.

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Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued grocery store stocks right now are:

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) is the most undervalued grocery store stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Ingles Markets has a valuation score of 86, which is 48 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 38. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ingles Markets's stock has gained 23.32% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by 24 percentage points.

Missfresh (NASDAQ:MF) is the second most undervalued grocery store stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Missfresh has a valuation score of 57, which is 19 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 38. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Missfresh's stock has dropped -97.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by -97 percentage points.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) is the third most undervalued grocery store stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage has a valuation score of 57, which is 19 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 38. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage's stock has dropped -32.82% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by -32 percentage points.