Big Lots, Inc. (BIGGQ) vs Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR)

Big Lots, Inc. and Dollar Tree, Inc. are both Discount Stores companies. Dollar Tree, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $23.3B against $14.8M — 1582.4× the size. Big Lots, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Dollar Tree, Inc. trades at 15.1×. Dollar Tree, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.18% against −9.89%. Dollar Tree, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.03% vs −10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.0% vs −72.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, Dollar Tree, Inc. leads on 12 and Big Lots, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BIGGQ DLTR Discount Stores median
P/E n/m 15.14 21.47
P/S n/m 1.18 1.18
P/B n/m 6.91 5.93
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.97 36.39
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.04 13.49
EV/Sales 0.24 1.30 1.09
Earnings yield 0.00% 6.60% 3.79%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 8.36% 2.71%

Profitability

Metric BIGGQ DLTR Discount Stores median
Gross margin 36.66% 38.74% 27.27%
Operating margin (9.28%) 10.97% 4.45%
Net margin (10.40%) 8.03% 3.02%
Free cash flow margin (7.34%) 9.85% 3.35%
Return on equity (620.04%) 45.87% 20.83%
Return on assets (14.91%) 11.76% 7.60%
Return on invested capital (72.41%) 25.96% 13.21%

Growth

Metric BIGGQ DLTR Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.89%) 8.18% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.44%) 144.33% 11.39%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.05%) (5.32%) 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (0.90%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BIGGQ DLTR Discount Stores median
Debt to equity (3.68) 0.86 0.39
Current ratio 0.74 1.13 1.02
Net debt to EBITDA (1.50) 0.74 0.59

Dividend

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

Size

Metric BIGGQ DLTR Discount Stores median
Market cap 14.75m 23.34b 18.19b

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