BURLINGTON STORES, INC. vs PriceSmart, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BURL and PSMT diverge most: on debt / equity, BURL reads 1.03 and PSMT reads 0.18; on ev/ebitda, BURL reads 57.6 and PSMT reads 16.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BURL price has a different growth bar priced in than PSMT (+20.7% implied for BURL vs +13.4% for PSMT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. 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 | BURL | PSMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $368.97 | $193.99 |
| Market cap | $23.7B | $5.9B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.7% | +13.4% |
| P/E | 38.0 | 37.2 |
| P/B | 12.89 | 4.22 |
| P/S | 1.99 | 1.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.6 | 16.8 |
| Revenue growth | +10.6% | +10.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 34.0% | 11.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 12.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.03 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.16 | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.58 | 6.18 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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