DOLLAR GENERAL CORP vs Five Below, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DG and FIVE diverge most: on debt / equity, DG reads 0.52 and FIVE reads 0.00; on revenue growth, DG reads +4.7% and FIVE reads +25.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (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 | DG | FIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $117.19 | $202.97 |
| Market cap | $26.0B | $11.3B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 16.6 | 25.6 |
| P/B | 2.94 | 4.88 |
| P/S | 0.60 | 2.22 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.8 | 14.1 |
| Revenue growth | +4.7% | +25.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 12.0% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.9% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.7% | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 2.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.36 | 4.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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