Big Lots, Inc. (BIGGQ) vs BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (BJ)

Big Lots, Inc. and BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. are both Discount Stores companies. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.0B against $14.8M — 884.1× the size. Big Lots, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. trades at 22.2×. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.09% against −9.89%. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.61% vs −10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.2% vs −72.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. leads on 12 and Big Lots, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BIGGQ BJ Discount Stores median
P/E n/m 22.23 21.47
P/S n/m 0.57 1.18
P/B n/m 5.93 5.93
Price to free cash flow n/m 36.39 36.39
EV/EBITDA n/m 11.75 13.49
EV/Sales 0.24 0.60 1.09
Earnings yield 0.00% 4.50% 3.79%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 2.75% 2.71%

Profitability

Metric BIGGQ BJ Discount Stores median
Gross margin 36.66% 18.24% 27.27%
Operating margin (9.28%) 3.76% 4.45%
Net margin (10.40%) 2.61% 3.02%
Free cash flow margin (7.34%) 1.57% 3.35%
Return on equity (620.04%) 27.67% 20.83%
Return on assets (14.91%) 7.81% 7.60%
Return on invested capital (72.41%) 19.15% 13.21%

Growth

Metric BIGGQ BJ Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.89%) 9.09% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.44%) 9.50% 11.39%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.05%) 6.82% 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 6.56% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIGGQ BJ Discount Stores median
Debt to equity (3.68) 0.29 0.39
Current ratio 0.74 0.73 1.02
Net debt to EBITDA (1.50) 0.43 0.59

Dividend

Metric BIGGQ BJ Discount Stores median
Dividend yield — — 1.03%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric BIGGQ BJ Discount Stores median
Market cap 14.75m 13.04b 18.19b

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