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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:

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

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 2 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 37.

VLGEA passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Village Super Market has seen its stock return 25.77% over the past year.

Dingdong (NYSE:DDL) 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 Dingdong (NYSE:DDL) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Dingdong (NYSE:DDL) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 7 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 37.

DDL passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Dingdong has seen its stock return 140.68% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 115 percentage points.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) 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 Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is -2 points lower than the grocery store industry average of 37. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NGVC as a "B".

NGVC passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage has seen its stock return 109.02% over the past year, overperforming other grocery store stocks by 83 percentage points.

Out of 5 grocery store stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 grocery store stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) has an annual dividend yield of 1.8%, which is the same as the grocery store industry average of 1.4%. Weis Markets's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Weis Markets's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Weis Markets's dividend payout ratio of 24.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) has an annual dividend yield of 1.48%, which is the same as the grocery store industry average of 1.4%.

Krispy Kreme's dividend payout ratio of 800% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.41%, which is the same as the grocery store industry average of 1.4%. 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 32% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Grocery store stocks were up 1.26% in the last day, and up 1.01% 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 43, which is 9 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 34. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Albertsons Companies's stock has dropped -0.8% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by -27 percentage points.

Village Super Market (NASDAQ:VLGEA) is the second 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.

Village Super Market has a valuation score of 100, which is 66 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 34. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Village Super Market's stock has gained 25.77% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the grocery store industry.

Dingdong (NYSE:DDL) 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.

Dingdong has a valuation score of 29, which is -5 points higher than the grocery store industry average of 34. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates DDL a Valuation Rating of "B".

Dingdong's stock has gained 140.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the grocery store industry by 115 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 14.33% 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), 20% are rated C (Hold), 10% are rated D (Sell), and 10% are rated F (Strong Sell).