BURLINGTON STORES, INC. vs DILLARD’S, INC., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BURL and DDS diverge most: on debt / equity, BURL reads 0.95 and DDS reads 0.00; on revenue growth, BURL reads +10.9% and DDS reads +0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BURL price has a different growth bar priced in than DDS (+16.2% implied for BURL vs +11.4% for DDS); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BURL | DDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $239.21 | $650.14 |
| Market cap | $15.3B | $10.2B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.2% | +11.4% |
| P/E | 21.5 | 14.9 |
| P/B | 7.63 | 4.79 |
| P/S | 1.25 | 1.54 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.6 | 52.8 |
| Revenue growth | +10.9% | +0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.1% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 10.3% |
| Return on equity | 35.7% | 32.1% |
| Return on assets | 7.1% | 18.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 6.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 4.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.95 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 3.03 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.60 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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