Natural Grocers BY Vitamin Cottage, Inc
Natural Grocers BY Vitamin Cottage, Inc is classed by the SEC under Retail-Grocery Stores (industry code 5411), based in Lakewood, CO. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, it reported revenue of $1.3 billion and a profit of $46 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a retail business: prior from its industry code (SEC 5411, Retail-Grocery Stores); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.7 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.7 out of ten, present 5.0 out of ten, future 5.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.5 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 75th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 6.5 out of ten. +7.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9. 65th percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 5.3 out of ten. Share count grew 0.6% a year. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases. 53rd percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.2 out of ten. ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 68%: owes 68¢ per asset dollar. 52nd percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 5.4 out of ten. top 46% of 11 in its family; net margin 3.5%. 54th percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 4.2 out of ten. bottom 42% of 7 in its family for leadership. 42nd percentile among 7 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 6.4 out of ten. top 36% of 11 in its family for room to expand. 64th percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.3 out of ten. top 47% of 11 in its family for growth drivers. 53rd percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 6.5 out of ten. top 35% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality. 65th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2025-12-11 for the period ended 2025-09-30 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-06 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form PRE 14C, 2026-09-15. Filings on record since 2012. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Grocery 71%, Dietary Supplements 19%, Manufactured Product Other 9%, Vendor Reimbursements 1%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-12-11).
Who runs it
Buffa, Sandra (Chief Financial Officer); Cerkovnik, Edward (director); Rooney, David C. (director). 3 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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