BJ's Wholesale Club vs Dollar Tree
BJ and DLTR side by side, both in variety stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BJ and DLTR compare
Dollar Tree is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as BJ's Wholesale Club ($25.1B against $13.6B).
On earnings, Dollar Tree is cheaper: it trades at 16.3× trailing earnings, against 23.5× for BJ's Wholesale Club.
BJ's Wholesale Club grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.1% versus 8.2% for Dollar Tree).
Dollar Tree keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.0% compared with 2.6% at BJ's Wholesale Club.
Dollar Tree scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 9 for BJ's Wholesale Club), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BJ | DLTR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $13.6B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $107.32 | $133.87 |
| Change, 1 year | 19.4% | 32.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 73.2% | 21.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.24 | 0.89 |
| Employees | 35K | 212K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.5× | 16.3× (better) |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 6.2× (better) | 7.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× (better) | 12.3× |
| P/FCF | 37.8× | 12.7× (better) |
| PEG | 4.50 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 7.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $95.22 | $154.14 |
| Margin of safety | −12.7% | 13.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.1% (better) | 8.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.8% (better) | −5.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.7% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.8% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.6% (better) | 1.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 38.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 11.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 8.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.6% | 9.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 27.7% | 45.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 23.5% | 30.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.29 (better) | 0.86 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.52 (better) | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 1.13 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.76 (better) | 3.75 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 4.1% | 7.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.1% | 7.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 109% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 0.66% | 7.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$18.6M (better) | −$249M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.4% | 4.1% |
Go deeper
- BJ stock overview
- BJ income statement
- BJ valuation and score
- DLTR stock overview
- DLTR income statement
- DLTR valuation and score
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