BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC. vs WALMART INC., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BJ and WMT diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), BJ reads -3.0% and WMT reads +16.7%; on p/s, BJ reads 0.58 and WMT reads 1.23. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BJ price has a different growth bar priced in than WMT (-3.0% implied for BJ vs +16.7% for WMT); 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 WMT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BJ | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $97.82 | $111.23 |
| Market cap | $12.7B | $889.7B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.0% | +16.7% |
| P/E | 22.5 | 39.2 |
| P/B | 5.95 | 8.84 |
| P/S | 0.58 | 1.23 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.9 | 30.7 |
| Revenue growth | +5.9% | +5.9% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 26.9% | 22.6% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.7% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 0.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.28 | 8.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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