Burlington Stores vs Dollar Tree
BURL and DLTR side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BURL and DLTR compare
Dollar Tree is the larger company, worth 1.7 times as much as Burlington Stores ($25.1B against $14.9B).
On earnings, Dollar Tree is cheaper: it trades at 16.3× trailing earnings, against 21.3× for Burlington Stores.
Burlington Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.9% 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 5.8% at Burlington Stores.
Burlington Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 13 for Dollar Tree), 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 | BURL | DLTR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $14.9B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $237.09 | $133.87 |
| Change, 1 year | −15.8% | 32.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.4% | 21.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.07 | 0.89 |
| Employees | 83K | 212K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 4 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.3× | 16.3× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 7.4× | 7.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0× (better) | 12.3× |
| P/FCF | 36.1× | 12.7× (better) |
| PEG | 0.54 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 7.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $328.50 | $154.14 |
| Margin of safety | 27.8% (better) | 13.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.9% (better) | 8.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.9% (better) | −5.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 30.7% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 31.6% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 1.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.6% (better) | 38.7% |
| Operating margin | – | 11.0% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 8.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 9.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 41.4% | 45.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 30.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.96 | 0.86 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.83 (better) | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 1.17 (better) | 1.13 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.71 | 3.75 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 2.3% | 7.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 2.3% | 7.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 0.63% | 7.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$15.9M (better) | −$249M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.1% | 4.1% |
Go deeper
- BURL stock overview
- BURL income statement
- BURL valuation and score
- DLTR stock overview
- DLTR income statement
- DLTR valuation and score
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