NWC PEER ANALYSIS

North West Company Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

NWCNorth West Company Inc

🇨🇦 Canada · TO · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Grocery Stores

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

NWCIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	NWC	IMKTA	WMK	MGROS	GO	NGVC	Ind. Median
P/E	17.70	16.58	19.42	16.57	—	16.05●	19.39
P/B	3.08	1.04●	1.43	1.32	1.25	3.35	2.42
EV/EBITDA	8.38	6.59●	7.86	15.47	—	11.21	8.38
P/S	0.96	0.32	0.39	0.26	0.21●	0.58	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	NWC	IMKTA	WMK	MGROS	GO	NGVC	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.12	3.34●	2.04	0.80	1.28	1.05	0.90
Debt/Equity	57.0%	31.9%	12.7%●	41.0%	228.2%	139.9%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.98	0.40	-0.10	0.94	-7.40●	3.15	1.93

Profitability
Metric	NWC	IMKTA	WMK	MGROS	GO	NGVC	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.4%●	1.9%	2.0%	1.6%	-8.1%	3.6%	1.9%
ROE	18.0%	6.5%	7.1%	9.2%	-38.4%	22.7%●	12.3%
ROA	9.0%●	4.1%	4.9%	3.6%	-12.3%	7.1%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	13.0%●	5.2%	4.9%	1.8%	-5.1%	7.2%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NWC	IMKTA	WMK	MGROS	GO	NGVC	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.5%	-0.3%	4.0%	13.5%●	6.0%	3.1%	3.3%
NI Growth	2.5%	68.4%●	-5.8%	-11.9%	—	16.8%	-3.4%
Div. Yield	3.3%●	0.7%	1.7%	1.9%	—	1.7%	1.9%
Payout	55.2%	11.8%	34.0%	30.8%	—	25.8%	39.3%

Valuation
Metric	NWC	EMP-A	MRU	Ind. Median
P/E	17.70●	56.20	19.36	19.39
P/B	3.08	2.22●	2.82	2.42
EV/EBITDA	8.38●	10.56	11.51	8.38
P/S	0.96	0.35●	0.87	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	NWC	EMP-A	MRU	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.12●	0.82	1.43	0.90
Debt/Equity	57.0%●	157.0%	69.3%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.98●	4.27	2.22	1.93

Profitability
Metric	NWC	EMP-A	MRU	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.4%●	0.6%	4.5%	1.9%
ROE	18.0%●	3.8%	14.4%	12.3%
ROA	9.0%●	1.2%	7.0%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	13.0%●	5.5%	9.4%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NWC	EMP-A	MRU	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.5%	1.9%	3.5%●	3.3%
NI Growth	2.5%●	-71.7%	1.8%	-3.4%
Div. Yield	3.3%●	1.8%	1.6%	1.9%
Payout	55.2%	102.0%	32.3%	39.3%

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