BJ's Wholesale Club vs Five Below
BJ and FIVE 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 FIVE compare
BJ's Wholesale Club and Five Below are about the same size, with market caps of $14.0B and $13.8B.
On earnings, Five Below is cheaper: it trades at 22.5× trailing earnings, against 24.2× for BJ's Wholesale Club.
Five Below grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.6% versus 9.1% for BJ's Wholesale Club).
Five Below keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.7% compared with 2.6% at BJ's Wholesale Club.
Five Below scores higher on the StockData Score (21 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 | FIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $14.0B | $13.8B |
| Share price | $110.71 | $250.74 |
| Change, 1 year | 20.5% | 64.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 59.0% | 16.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.24 | 1.33 |
| Employees | 35K | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 24.2× | 22.5× (better) |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 6.4× | 5.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.6× (better) | 12.8× |
| P/FCF | 39.0× | 23.0× (better) |
| PEG | 4.64 | 1.99 (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 4.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $97.61 | $296.09 |
| Margin of safety | −13.4% | 15.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.1% | 25.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.8% | 19.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.7% | 127% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.8% | 126% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | 24.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 40.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 14.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 11.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.6% | 11.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 27.7% | 28.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 23.5% | 46.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.29 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.52 | – |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 2.22 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.80 | 5.36 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 4.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 109% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 0.65% | 1.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$39.4M | −$23.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.4% | 5.3% |
Go deeper
- BJ stock overview
- BJ income statement
- BJ valuation and score
- FIVE stock overview
- FIVE income statement
- FIVE valuation and score
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