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. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

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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 trades per month

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Insider Ownership 5.13%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 14.75
Revenue 4,514.83
Net Income (469.46)
Free Cash Flow (331.56)
Net Debt 516.07
Current Ratio 0.74 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (3.68) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (0.03) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.00
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 0.13%
Next Y EPS Growth 29.75% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (7.50%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 39.09%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2024 Powerpack
2023 0.30
0.30
2022 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2021 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2020 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2019 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2018 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2017 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2016 0.84
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%)

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Trend 2025e 2026e 2027e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — 33.78 45.10 26.21 18.54 10.13 40.06 12.87 3.47 0.04

Analyst estimates 2025–2027

Powerpack
High — 56.54 60.20 64.42 39.53 57.24 73.23 50.87 19.97 8.29
People
People Employees — 35,900 35,100 34,800 35,600 34,000 37,000 36,200 32,200 30,300
Revenue/emp, $m — 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.16
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — 5,191 5,194 5,264 5,238 5,323 6,199 6,151 5,468 4,722
Gross margin, % — 39.82 40.42 40.70 40.51 39.73 40.29 38.97 34.99 35.72
EBT — 227 244 295 208 318 845 232 (280) (432)
EBT margin, % — 4.37 4.70 5.61 3.96 5.97 13.62 3.77 (5.13) (9.15)
Net income — 143 153 190 157 242 629 178 (211) (482)
Depreciation — 108 108 106 114 136 139 144 156 147
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — 102.75 114.62 122.95 128.36 135.64 162.14 187.96 189.48 161.97
Earnings — 2.83 3.37 4.43 3.84 6.18 16.46 5.43 (7.30) (16.53)
Cash flow — 6.78 6.88 5.85 5.74 8.64 10.45 5.92 (5.00) (8.64)
Capex — (2.49) (1.98) (3.33) (6.08) (6.76) (3.54) (4.91) (5.52) (2.17)
Free cash flow — 4.28 4.90 2.51 (0.35) 1.88 6.91 1.01 (10.52) (10.81)
Book value — 14.26 14.36 15.64 16.98 21.54 33.42 30.78 26.47 9.76
Shares, m — 51 45 43 41 39 38 33 29 29
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — 13.71 14.79 13.69 8.15 4.36 3.42 7.88 0.00 0.00
P/S — 0.38 0.44 0.49 0.25 0.20 0.34 0.22 0.09 0.04
P/B — 2.75 3.48 3.89 1.86 1.26 1.67 1.36 0.62 0.59
EV/Sales — 0.38 0.45 0.53 0.34 0.28 0.30 0.25 0.18 0.16
EV/FCF — 9.19 10.45 25.71 1,061.31 20.40 7.00 47.46 (3.24) (2.43)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — 342 312 250 234 339 399 194 (144) (252)
Capex — (126) (90) (143) (248) (265) (135) (161) (159) (63)
Free cash flow — 216 222 108 (14) 74 264 33 (304) (315)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — 316 316 432 489 193 585 286 365 255
Total debt — 62 106 215 519 279 36 4 301 406
Net debt — 8 55 164 473 227 (524) (50) 257 360
Shareholders’ equity — 720 651 670 693 845 1,278 1,007 764 284
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — 8.72 9.41 11.65 8.54 9.30 17.41 4.46 (5.53) (13.74)
ROIC — 20.23 21.96 22.59 11.72 19.52 71.01 15.66 (16.01) (37.57)
ROE — 18.92 22.29 28.76 23.03 31.52 59.27 15.56 (23.79) (91.93)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2024 · latest quarter Jul 2024

Charts ten years each

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
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $433.4B 47.6× 42.9× +11.10% (above 0%: growing) +14.80% (above 0%: growing) +30.72% (above 0%: growing) 12.74% 3.97% Compare
TGT Target Corporation $71.2B 15.9× 14.9× +5.27% (above 0%: growing) +100.49% (above 0%: growing) +141.23% (above 0%: growing) 33.67% 9.65% Compare
DG Dollar General Corporation $29.5B 17.4× 14.1× +5.24% (above 0%: growing) +33.16% (above 0%: growing) −33.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.60% 6.81% Compare
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. $23.3B 15.1× 15.8× +7.02% (above 0%: growing) +196.70% (above 0%: growing) +4,013.41% (above 0%: growing) 42.91% 14.11% Compare
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. $13.0B 22.2× 19.8× +15.73% (above 0%: growing) +20.18% (above 0%: growing) +165.90% (above 0%: growing) 17.83% 4.05% Compare
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. $6.1B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +55.49% (above 0%: growing) n/m +1,859.24% (above 0%: growing) 16.75% 1.35% Compare
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. $5.7B 20.7× 17.0× +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +42.00% (above 0%: growing) +19.36% (above 0%: growing) 43.46% 14.63% Compare
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. $5.2B 32.6× 31.9× +12.49% (above 0%: growing) +12.28% (above 0%: growing) −76.43% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.70% 4.43% 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 $18.2B 20.7× 17.0× +10.10% +33.16% +85.98% 25.22% 5.62%

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Big Lots, Inc. (BIGGQ) key facts

  • Concern: Big Lots, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended January 2024) was $4.7 billion, down 13.6% from fiscal 2023.
  • Concern: Big Lots, Inc. reported a net loss of $481.9 million, or a loss of $16.53 per share, for fiscal 2024.
  • Big Lots, Inc. (BIGGQ) is a Discount Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector.
  • Return on equity was −91.9% and debt-to-equity -3.68.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 2 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.32 (grey zone) for fiscal 2024.

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