CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. vs FASTENAL CO, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CASY and FAST diverge most: on debt / equity, CASY reads 0.62 and FAST reads 0.05; on ev/ebitda, CASY reads 312.0 and FAST reads 27.7. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CASY's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What FAST's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CASY | FAST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $861.60 | $47.02 |
| Market cap | $32.1B | $54.1B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +28.7% |
| P/E | 45.0 | 32.2 |
| P/B | 8.12 | 13.29 |
| P/S | 1.83 | 6.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 312.0 | 27.7 |
| Revenue growth | +10.1% | +12.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 44.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 21.0% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 18.1% | 33.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 25.5% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 31.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.62 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 4.18 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.45 | 9.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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