Burlington Stores vs Kohls
BURL and KSS side by side, both in general merchandise stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BURL and KSS compare
Burlington Stores is the larger company, worth 5.4 times as much as Kohls ($14.9B against $2.8B).
On earnings, Kohls is cheaper: it trades at 10.5× trailing earnings, against 21.3× for Burlington Stores.
Burlington Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.9% versus −2.9% for Kohls).
Burlington Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.8% compared with 1.7% at Kohls.
Kohls pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Burlington Stores does not pay one.
Burlington Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 14 for Kohls), 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 | KSS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $14.9B | $2.8B |
| Share price | $237.09 | $24.31 |
| Change, 1 year | −15.8% | 52.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.4% | −58.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.07 | 1.64 |
| Employees | 83K | 138K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 14 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.3× | 10.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.2× (better) |
| P/B | 7.4× | 0.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 36.1× | 2.7× (better) |
| PEG | 0.54 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 37.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $328.50 | $57.32 |
| Margin of safety | 27.8% | 57.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.9% (better) | −2.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.9% (better) | −0.54% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 30.7% (better) | 29.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 31.6% (better) | 25.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.6% (better) | 41.2% |
| Operating margin | – | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 5.8% (better) | 1.7% |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 6.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 41.4% (better) | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 9.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.96 | 0.32 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.83 | 0.39 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 1.49 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.71 (better) | 1.73 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.1% |
| Payout ratio | – | 20.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −6.6% |
| Buyback yield | 2.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.3% (better) | 2.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 106% |
| Held by insiders | 0.63% | 4.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$15.9M | −$1.6M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.1% | 28.7% |
Go deeper
- BURL stock overview
- BURL income statement
- BURL valuation and score
- KSS stock overview
- KSS income statement
- KSS valuation and score
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