Burlington Stores vs Five Below
BURL and FIVE side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BURL and FIVE compare
Burlington Stores is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Five Below ($16.1B against $13.8B).
On earnings, Five Below is cheaper: it trades at 22.5× trailing earnings, against 23.0× for Burlington Stores.
Five Below grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.6% versus 10.9% for Burlington Stores).
Five Below keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.7% compared with 5.8% at Burlington Stores.
Five Below scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 15 for Burlington Stores), 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 | FIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $16.1B | $13.8B |
| Share price | $256.29 | $250.74 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.1% | 64.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −3.3% | 16.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 1.33 |
| Employees | 83K | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.0× | 22.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 8.0× | 5.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8× (better) | 12.8× |
| P/FCF | 39.0× | 23.0× (better) |
| PEG | 0.58 (better) | 1.99 |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 4.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $332.50 | $296.09 |
| Margin of safety | 22.9% (better) | 15.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.9% | 25.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.9% | 19.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 30.7% | 127% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 31.6% | 126% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 24.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.6% (better) | 40.3% |
| Operating margin | – | 14.7% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 11.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 11.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 41.4% (better) | 28.3% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 46.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.96 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.83 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 2.22 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.80 | 5.36 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 2.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.1% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 0.63% | 1.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$16.6M (better) | −$23.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.7% | 5.3% |
Go deeper
- BURL stock overview
- BURL income statement
- BURL valuation and score
- FIVE stock overview
- FIVE income statement
- FIVE valuation and score
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