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 1.03 and DDS reads 0.00; on revenue growth, BURL reads +10.6% and DDS reads +0.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BURL's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What DDS'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 | BURL | DDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $350.17 | $569.18 |
| Market cap | $22.5B | $8.9B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +7.4% |
| P/E | 36.0 | 13.5 |
| P/B | 12.23 | 4.39 |
| P/S | 1.88 | 1.35 |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.8 | 43.4 |
| Revenue growth | +10.6% | +0.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 43.9% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 34.0% | 32.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 15.9% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 8.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Debt / equity | 1.03 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.16 | 2.37 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.58 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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