CARVANA CO. vs WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CVNA and WSM diverge most: on debt / equity, CVNA reads 1.01 and WSM reads 0.00; on revenue growth, CVNA reads +54.2% and WSM reads +2.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What WSM'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 | CVNA | WSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $63.73 | $241.84 |
| Market cap | $47.2B | $28.8B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +24.5% |
| P/E | — | 24.8 |
| P/B | 9.18 | 13.43 |
| P/S | 1.88 | 3.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.1 | 15.7 |
| Revenue growth | +54.2% | +2.8% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 51.6% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 22.9% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 14.7% |
| Return on equity | 30.5% | 55.1% |
| Return on assets | 10.8% | 21.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.1% | 58.6% |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.01 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.93 | 1.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.43 | 7.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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