Insider Selling: Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLGEA) Director Sells 5,000 Shares of Stock

Village Super Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLGEA) Director Kevin Begley sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.55, for a total transaction of $152,750.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 61,261 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,871,523.55. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Kevin Begley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, October 16th, Kevin Begley sold 133 shares of Village Super Market stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.99, for a total transaction of $4,121.67.

Village Super Market Stock Performance

Shares of Village Super Market stock traded down $0.78 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $30.21. The company had a trading volume of 26,839 shares, compared to its average volume of 24,882. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $29.05. The stock has a market cap of $446.78 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.98 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Village Super Market, Inc. has a 12-month low of $23.49 and a 12-month high of $33.50.

Village Super Market Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.31%. Village Super Market’s payout ratio is 29.59%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VLGEA. Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new position in Village Super Market during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $39,000. Gladius Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of Village Super Market by 253.7% in the 2nd quarter. Gladius Capital Management LP now owns 4,877 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,000 after acquiring an additional 3,498 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Village Super Market in the 2nd quarter valued at $130,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Village Super Market by 18.4% in the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 5,146 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,000 after acquiring an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Village Super Market by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 8,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after acquiring an additional 428 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 39.02% of the company’s stock.

About Village Super Market

Village Super Market, Inc operates a chain of supermarkets in the United States. The company offers grocery, meat, produce, dairy, deli, seafood, prepared foods, and bakery and frozen foods. It also provides non-food products, including health and beauty care, general merchandise, liquor, and pharmacy products through retail and online stores.