Weis Markets, Inc. WMK

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
63/100
Moderate

Ranked against 11 peers in Grocery Stores

About Weis Markets, Inc.

Weis Markets, Inc. engages in the retail sale of food through a chain of supermarkets in Pennsylvania. The company's retail food stores offer groceries, dairy products, frozen food, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services, deli products, prepared food, bakery products, beer and wine, and fuel; and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care, and household products. It … Full WMK analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.90), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.40), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where WMK ranks in Grocery Stores

Weis Markets, Inc. ranks #5 of 12 scored companies in Grocery Stores by moat score — the top 42%. The widest moat in the group is Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
1 Village Super Market, Inc. VLGEA 81/100 Strong
2 Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cott NGVC 78/100 Strong
3 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM 72/100 Moderate
4 Kroger Company (The) KR 64/100 Moderate
5 Weis Markets, Inc. WMK 63/100 Moderate
6 Albertsons Companies, Inc. ACI 47/100 Developing
7 Ingles Markets, Incorporated IMKTA 41/100 Developing
8 Dingdong (Cayman) Limited DDL 38/100 Developing
9 Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. GO 28/100 Developing

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How WMK scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 72 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 60 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 53 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 72 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 68 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 50 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding WMK's moat

What is Weis Markets, Inc.'s moat score?

Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 12 scored companies in Grocery Stores, the top 42%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 11 companies in Grocery Stores. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (72/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (50/100).

How does Weis Markets, Inc. compare with other Grocery Stores companies?

Weis Markets, Inc. ranks #5 of 12 scored companies in Grocery Stores by moat score. The widest moat in Grocery Stores is Village Super Market, Inc. (VLGEA) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Kroger Company (The) (KR) at 64 just above it and Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) at 47 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 11 companies in Grocery Stores. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Weis Markets, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Weis Markets, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and WMK scores: Pricing Power (72), Cost Advantage (60), Customer Stickiness (53), Capital Efficiency (72), Resilience (68), Scale & Market Position (50). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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