Five Below vs PriceSmart
FIVE and PSMT side by side, both in variety stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FIVE and PSMT compare
Five Below is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as PriceSmart ($13.3B against $5.1B).
On earnings, Five Below is cheaper: it trades at 21.6× trailing earnings, against 31.8× for PriceSmart.
Five Below grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.6% versus 10.2% for PriceSmart).
Five Below keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.7% compared with 2.8% at PriceSmart.
PriceSmart pays a dividend yielding 0.84%; Five Below does not pay one.
Five Below scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 13 for PriceSmart), 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 | FIVE | PSMT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $13.3B | $5.1B |
| Share price | $240.96 | $165.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 49.1% | 36.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 14.7% | 116% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.35 | 0.54 |
| Employees | – | 12K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 21 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.6× (better) | 31.8× |
| P/S | 2.5× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 5.4× | 3.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3× (better) | 14.1× |
| P/FCF | 22.1× (better) | 69.4× |
| PEG | 1.91 (better) | 2.53 |
| FCF yield | 4.5% (better) | 1.4% |
| Fair value | $290.42 | $117.00 |
| Margin of safety | 17.0% (better) | −41.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 25.6% (better) | 10.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 19.4% (better) | 9.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 127% (better) | 10.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 126% (better) | 9.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.1% (better) | 13.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.3% (better) | 17.6% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% (better) | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 11.7% (better) | 2.8% |
| FCF margin | 11.3% (better) | 1.3% |
| Return on equity | 28.3% (better) | 12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 46.9% (better) | 15.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.13 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.39 |
| Interest coverage | – | 16.3× |
| Current ratio | 2.22 (better) | 1.28 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.24 | 6.03 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.84% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 12.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.19% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 101% | 91.1% |
| Held by insiders | 1.9% | 16.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$23.7M | −$13.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.4% | 7.0% |
Go deeper
- FIVE stock overview
- FIVE income statement
- FIVE valuation and score
- PSMT stock overview
- PSMT income statement
- PSMT valuation and score
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