Big Lots, Inc. (BIGGQ) vs Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Big Lots, Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corporation are both Discount Stores companies. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $433.4B against $14.8M — 29381.7× the size. Big Lots, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Costco Wholesale Corporation trades at 47.6×. Costco Wholesale Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.1% against −9.89%. Costco Wholesale Corporation has the higher net margin (3.04% vs −10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.3% vs −72.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, Costco Wholesale Corporation leads on 13 and Big Lots, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BIGGQ COST Discount Stores median
P/E n/m 47.60 21.47
P/S n/m 1.45 1.18
P/B n/m 12.27 5.93
Price to free cash flow n/m 46.77 36.39
EV/EBITDA n/m 29.53 13.49
EV/Sales 0.24 1.40 1.09
Earnings yield 0.00% 2.10% 3.79%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 2.14% 2.71%

Profitability

Metric BIGGQ COST Discount Stores median
Gross margin 36.66% 12.82% 27.27%
Operating margin (9.28%) 3.85% 4.45%
Net margin (10.40%) 3.04% 3.02%
Free cash flow margin (7.34%) 3.10% 3.35%
Return on equity (620.04%) 28.40% 20.83%
Return on assets (14.91%) 11.11% 7.60%
Return on invested capital (72.41%) 35.34% 13.21%

Growth

Metric BIGGQ COST Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.89%) 10.14% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.44%) 14.00% 11.39%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.05%) 9.12% 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 13.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIGGQ COST Discount Stores median
Debt to equity (3.68) 0.17 0.39
Current ratio 0.74 1.06 1.02
Net debt to EBITDA (1.50) (1.05) 0.59

Dividend

Metric BIGGQ COST Discount Stores median
Dividend yield — 0.56% 1.03%
Payout ratio — 0.27 0.31

Size

Metric BIGGQ COST Discount Stores median
Market cap 14.75m 433.38b 18.19b

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