Big Lots, Inc.

BIGGQ Consumer Defensive Discount Stores

Big Lots, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended January 2024) was $4.7 billion, down 13.6% from fiscal 2023.

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Market cap
$14.8M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
2.32
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
12/100

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 5.13%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 14.75
Revenue ttm 4,514.83
Net income ttm (469.46)
Free cash flow ttm (331.56)
Net debt Q 516.07
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E (0.03) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 0.00
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 0.00
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.74 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q (3.68) (negative: negative equity)
Interest coverage Q (13.61)
Growth
Revenue growth Q −8.15% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −81.68% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +0.13%
EPS, next year A +29.75% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −7.50% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A —

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 39.36%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2016–24
−100.0%/yr
  1. 0.84 ’16
  2. 1.00 ’17 +19
  3. 1.20 ’18 +20
  4. 1.20 ’19 +0
  5. 1.20 ’20 +0
  6. 1.20 ’21 +0
  7. 1.20 ’22 +0
  8. 0.30 ’23 −75
  9. 0.00 ’24 −100
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2022 2023 2024 Q'24
Cash 54 45 46 53
Receivables — — — —
Inventory 1,238 1,148 953 837
Other 119 93 86 87
1,411 1,285 1,086 978
2022 2023 2024 Q'24
Payables 587 422 321 271
ST’ Debt — — — 570
Other 37 36 33 30
1,125 920 831 1,327

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.81%) (2.05%) (8.67%)
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (10.89%) (16.31%) (39.39%)

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (6.99) (8.04) — — —
’24 (7.10) (8.56) 0.16 (1.05) (16.53)
’23 (0.39) (2.91) (3.56) (0.43) (7.30)
’22 2.62 1.09 (0.14) 1.63 5.33
’21 1.26 11.29 0.76 2.59 16.11
’20 0.39 0.16 3.25 2.39 6.16
’19 0.74 0.59 (0.16) 2.68 3.83
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 1,009 1,047 — — —
’24 1,124 1,139 1,027 1,432 4,722
’23 1,375 1,346 1,204 1,543 5,468
’22 1,626 1,457 1,336 1,732 6,151
’21 1,439 1,644 1,378 1,738 6,199
’20 1,296 1,252 1,168 1,607 5,323
’19 1,268 1,222 1,149 1,599 5,238
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (147) (18) — — —
’24 (169) 18 (249) 147 (252)
’23 (196) 61 (144) 135 (144)
’22 204 (62) (66) 118 194
’21 146 322 (201) 132 399
’20 57 101 (78) 258 339
’19 97 14 (70) 194 234
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 (162) (25) — — —
’24 (186) 15 (273) 129 (315)
’23 (240) 15 (182) 103 (304)
’22 172 (107) (112) 80 33
’21 117 282 (235) 100 264
’20 (19) 15 (147) 225 74
’19 66 (44) (146) 127 (14)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Jul ’24 Trend 10 yrs 2025e 2026e 2027e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — 5,191 5,194 5,264 5,238 5,323 6,199 6,151 5,468 4,722 4,515 (1.2%) 4,368 4,318 4,311 (3.0%)
Gross margin, % — 39.82 40.42 40.70 40.51 39.73 40.29 38.97 34.99 35.72 36.66 (4.1) pt
EBT — 227 244 295 208 318 845 232 (280) (432) (471) n/m
EBT margin, % — 4.37 4.70 5.61 3.96 5.97 13.62 3.77 (5.13) (9.15) (10.44) (13.5) pt
Net income — 143 153 190 157 242 629 178 (211) (482) (469) n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — 102.75 114.62 122.95 128.36 135.64 162.14 187.96 189.48 161.97 152.31 +5.9%
Earnings — 2.83 3.37 4.43 3.84 6.18 16.46 5.43 (7.30) (16.53) (15.92) n/m
Cash flow — 6.78 6.88 5.85 5.74 8.64 10.45 5.92 (5.00) (8.64) (8.97) n/m
Capex — (2.49) (1.98) (3.33) (6.08) (6.76) (3.54) (4.91) (5.52) (2.17) (2.21) (1.7%)
Free cash flow — 4.28 4.90 2.51 (0.35) 1.88 6.91 1.01 (10.52) (10.81) (11.19) n/m
Book value — 14.26 14.36 15.64 16.98 21.54 33.42 30.78 26.47 9.76 (5.22) (4.6%)
Shares, m — 51 45 43 41 39 38 33 29 29 29 (6.6%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — 13.71 14.79 13.69 8.15 4.36 3.42 7.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.3
P/S — 0.38 0.44 0.49 0.25 0.20 0.34 0.22 0.09 0.04 0.00 0.3
P/B — 2.75 3.48 3.89 1.86 1.26 1.67 1.36 0.62 0.59 0.00 1.9
EV/Sales — 0.38 0.45 0.53 0.34 0.28 0.30 0.25 0.18 0.16 0.24 0.3
EV/FCF — 9.19 10.45 25.71 1,061.31 20.40 7.00 47.46 (3.24) (2.43) (3.29) 130.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — 342 312 250 234 339 399 194 (144) (252) (266) n/m
Capex — (126) (90) (143) (248) (265) (135) (161) (159) (63) (66) (8.3%)
Free cash flow — 216 222 108 (14) 74 264 33 (304) (315) (332) n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — 316 316 432 489 193 585 286 365 255 (350) (2.6%)
Net debt — 8 55 164 473 227 (524) (50) 257 360 516 +60.5%
Shareholders’ equity — 720 651 670 693 845 1,278 1,007 764 284 (155) (11.0%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — 8.72 9.41 11.65 8.54 9.30 17.41 4.46 (5.53) (13.74) (14.91) (22.5) pt
ROIC — 20.23 21.96 22.59 11.72 19.52 71.01 15.66 (16.01) (37.57) (72.41) (57.8) pt
ROE — 18.92 22.29 28.76 23.03 31.52 59.27 15.56 (23.79) (91.93) (620.04) (110.9) pt
People
People Employees — 35,900 35,100 34,800 35,600 34,000 37,000 36,200 32,200 30,300 — (2.1%)
Revenue/emp, $m — 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.16 — +0.9%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Jan 2024 · latest quarter Jul 2024

Big Lots, Inc. vs peers in Discount Stores (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
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OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. $5.5B 20.7× 19.5× +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +42.00% (above 0%: growing) +19.36% (above 0%: growing) 43.46% 14.63% Compare
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. $5.0B 30.1× 30.9× +13.92% (above 0%: growing) +18.63% (above 0%: growing) +74.71% (above 0%: growing) 17.60% 3.76% Compare
BIGGQ Big Lots, Inc. $14.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −8.15% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −271.10% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.89% (21.19%)
Median of peers $20.0B 20.7× 19.5× +10.10% +33.16% +107.97% 25.22% 5.43%

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