NGVCNatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in an uptrend.
In an uptrend, above its rising 50- and 200-day averages. Price is +11% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How NGVC is trading
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. is −21% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 37 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +11%
vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend
- RSI (14)
- 58
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 22%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $31.41
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +4.7%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −21%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +220%
- vs 50-day average$29.19
- +7.6%
- 52-week high
- $40.08
- 52-week low
- $23.45
- Annualised volatility
- 52%
- Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $87K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +27% |
| 2025 | −36% |
| 2024 | +153% |
| 2023 | +92% |
| 2022 | −34% |
| 2021 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | +62% |
| 2019 | −35% |
| 2018 | +72% |
| 2017 | −25% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.8% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | −1.7% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | +4.0% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +5.4% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | +4.4% |
| Jun | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.6% |
| Jul | 11 | 9 of 11 | +4.7% |
| Aug | 11 | 5 of 11 | −3.7% |
| Sep | 11 | 5 of 11 | −3.2% |
| Oct | 11 | 6 of 11 | −1.3% |
| Nov | 10 | 7 of 10 | +20% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | −1.4% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.