BURLINGTON STORES, INC. vs Five Below, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BURL and FIVE diverge most: on debt / equity, BURL reads 1.03 and FIVE reads 0.00; on ev/ebitda, BURL reads 54.8 and FIVE reads 14.1. 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 FIVE'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 | FIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $350.17 | $202.97 |
| Market cap | $22.5B | $11.3B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 36.0 | 25.6 |
| P/B | 12.23 | 4.88 |
| P/S | 1.88 | 2.22 |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.8 | 14.1 |
| Revenue growth | +10.6% | +25.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 12.0% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 34.0% | 19.1% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.03 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.16 | 2.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.58 | 4.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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