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Big Lots, Inc. (BIGGQ) vs PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT)

Big Lots, Inc. and PriceSmart, Inc. are both Discount Stores companies. PriceSmart, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.2B against $14.8M — 355.3× the size. Big Lots, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; PriceSmart, Inc. trades at 32.6×. PriceSmart, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.2% against −9.89%. PriceSmart, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.77% vs −10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.9% vs −72.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, PriceSmart, Inc. leads on 13 and Big Lots, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BIGGQ PSMT Discount Stores median
P/E n/m 32.59 21.47
P/S n/m 0.90 1.18
P/B n/m 3.69 5.93
Price to free cash flow n/m 62.35 36.39
EV/EBITDA n/m 14.14 13.49
EV/Sales 0.24 0.88 1.09
Earnings yield 0.00% 3.07% 3.79%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 1.60% 2.71%

Profitability

Metric BIGGQ PSMT Discount Stores median
Gross margin 36.66% 17.63% 27.27%
Operating margin (9.28%) 4.51% 4.45%
Net margin (10.40%) 2.77% 3.02%
Free cash flow margin (7.34%) 1.45% 3.35%
Return on equity (620.04%) 12.08% 20.83%
Return on assets (14.91%) 6.75% 7.60%
Return on invested capital (72.41%) 12.91% 13.21%

Growth

Metric BIGGQ PSMT Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.89%) 10.18% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (126.44%) 5.47% 11.39%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.05%) 9.62% 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 13.15% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIGGQ PSMT Discount Stores median
Debt to equity (3.68) 0.13 0.39
Current ratio 0.74 1.28 1.02
Net debt to EBITDA (1.50) (0.39) 0.59

Dividend

Metric BIGGQ PSMT Discount Stores median
Dividend yield — 0.82% 1.03%
Payout ratio — 0.27 0.31

Size

Metric BIGGQ PSMT Discount Stores median
Market cap 14.75m 5.24b 18.19b

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