BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC. vs PriceSmart, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BJ and PSMT diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), BJ reads -3.0% and PSMT reads +13.4%; on return on equity, BJ reads 26.9% and PSMT reads 11.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BJ price has a different growth bar priced in than PSMT (-3.0% implied for BJ vs +13.4% for PSMT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BJ's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What PSMT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BJ | PSMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $97.82 | $193.99 |
| Market cap | $12.7B | $5.9B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.0% | +13.4% |
| P/E | 22.5 | 37.2 |
| P/B | 5.95 | 4.22 |
| P/S | 0.58 | 1.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.9 | 16.8 |
| Revenue growth | +5.9% | +10.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 26.9% | 11.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.7% | 12.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.28 | 6.18 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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