DOLLAR TREE, INC. vs Five Below, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DLTR and FIVE diverge most: on fcf yield, DLTR reads -4.8% and FIVE reads 4.5%; on debt / equity, DLTR reads 0.84 and FIVE reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DLTR'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 | DLTR | FIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $120.46 | $202.97 |
| Market cap | $23.8B | $11.3B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +2.5% | — |
| P/E | 18.9 | 25.6 |
| P/B | 6.78 | 4.88 |
| P/S | 1.20 | 2.22 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.5 | 14.1 |
| Revenue growth | +9.5% | +25.9% |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 12.0% |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 36.7% | 19.1% |
| Return on assets | 9.3% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.3% | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | -4.8% | 4.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.84 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.16 | 2.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.33 | 4.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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