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Best Grocery Store Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top grocery store stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best grocery store stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best grocery store stocks to buy right now are:

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) is the #1 top grocery store stock out of 11 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 7 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 38.

NGVC passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage has seen its stock return 84.45% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 51 percentage points.

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is the #2 top grocery store stock out of 11 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 11 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 38.

VLGEA passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Village Super Market has seen its stock return 46.72% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 14 percentage points.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) is the #3 top grocery store stock out of 11 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 7 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 38.

KR passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kroger Co has seen its stock return 41.87% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 9 percentage points.

Kroger Co has an average 1 year price target of $74.33, an upside of 4.08% from Kroger Co's current stock price of $71.42.

Kroger Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Kroger Co, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 44.44% 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:

Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) has an annual dividend yield of 4.34%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the grocery store industry average of 1.86%.

Krispy Kreme's dividend payout ratio of -119.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) has an annual dividend yield of 1.98%, which is the same as the grocery store industry average of 1.86%. Albertsons Companies's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Albertsons Companies's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Albertsons Companies's dividend payout ratio of 30.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.94%, which is the same as the grocery store industry average of 1.86%. 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 23.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Grocery store stocks were up 0.8% in the last day, and down -1.78% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why grocery store stocks are up.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued grocery store stocks right now are:

Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) is the most undervalued grocery store stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Albertsons Companies has a valuation score of 57, which is 18 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 39. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Albertsons Companies's stock has gained 8.14% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by -25 percentage points.

Dingdong (NYSE:DDL) is the second most undervalued grocery store stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Dingdong has a valuation score of 43, which is 4 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 39. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dingdong's stock has dropped -0.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by -34 percentage points.

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is the third most undervalued grocery store stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Village Super Market has a valuation score of 100, which is 61 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 39. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Village Super Market's stock has gained 46.72% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by 14 percentage points.

80% of grocery store stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect grocery store stocks to rise by 9.09% over the next year.

20% of grocery store stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 40% of grocery store stocks are rated B (Buy), 30% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 10% are rated F (Strong Sell).