CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. vs HOME DEPOT, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CASY and HD diverge most: on ev/ebitda, CASY reads 312.0 and HD reads 13.7; on dividend yield, CASY reads 0.2% and HD reads 2.8%. 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 HD'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 | CASY | HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $861.60 | $332.98 |
| Market cap | $32.1B | $331.6B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +8.9% |
| P/E | 45.0 | 23.6 |
| P/B | 8.12 | 23.90 |
| P/S | 1.83 | 1.99 |
| EV/EBITDA | 312.0 | 13.7 |
| Revenue growth | +10.1% | +2.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.0% |
| Operating margin | — | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 8.4% |
| Return on equity | 18.1% | 101.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 13.0% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 89.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.62 | 0.25 |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 1.04 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.45 | 5.07 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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