BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (BJ) vs Dollar General Corporation (DG)

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. and Dollar General Corporation are both Discount Stores companies. Dollar General Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $27.2B against $11.6B — 2.3× the size. Dollar General Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 16.2× against 20.3×. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.09% against 4.77%. Dollar General Corporation has the higher net margin (3.90% vs 2.61%) and the lower return on invested capital (12.4% vs 19.2%). Across the 22 metrics below, Dollar General Corporation leads on 12 and BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric BJ DG Discount Stores median
P/E 20.34 16.15 19.55
P/S 0.52 0.63 1.08
P/B 5.43 2.97 5.43
Price to free cash flow 33.31 13.66 33.31
EV/EBITDA 10.80 8.66 12.17
EV/Sales 0.55 0.70 1.06
Earnings yield 4.92% 6.19% 3.95%
Free cash flow yield 3.00% 7.32% 2.93%

Profitability

Metric BJ DG Discount Stores median
Gross margin 18.24% 31.16% 27.27%
Operating margin 3.76% 5.59% 4.45%
Net margin 2.61% 3.90% 3.01%
Free cash flow margin 1.57% 4.62% 3.30%
Return on equity 27.67% 19.69% 20.83%
Return on assets 7.81% 5.34% 7.60%
Return on invested capital 19.15% 12.43% 13.21%

Growth

Metric BJ DG Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.09% 4.77% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.50% 34.05% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.82% 4.83% 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.56% (10.65%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BJ DG Discount Stores median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.49 0.39
Current ratio 0.73 1.21 1.03
Net debt to EBITDA 0.43 1.06 0.59

Dividend

Metric BJ DG Discount Stores median
Dividend yield — 1.65% 2.12%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.23 0.24

Size

Metric BJ DG Discount Stores median
Market cap 11.60b 27.22b 16.44b

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