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Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) vs Ulta Beauty Inc. (ULTA)

Five Below, Inc. and Ulta Beauty Inc. are both Specialty Retail companies. Ulta Beauty Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.1B against $12.3B — 2.1× the size. Five Below, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.8× against 21.5×. Five Below, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.6% against 11.2%. Five Below, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.7% vs 9.34%) and the higher return on invested capital (38.0% vs 36.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Five Below, Inc. leads on 17 and Ulta Beauty Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric FIVE ULTA Specialty Retail median
P/E 19.83 21.51 18.18
P/S 2.31 1.97 0.47
P/B 4.96 9.63 1.95
Price to free cash flow 20.49 22.16 11.85
EV/EBITDA 11.27 13.64 8.54
EV/Sales 2.09 2.04 0.64
Earnings yield 5.04% 4.65% 3.67%
Free cash flow yield 4.88% 4.51% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric FIVE ULTA Specialty Retail median
Gross margin 40.26% 39.32% 37.89%
Operating margin 14.75% 12.46% 3.66%
Net margin 11.65% 9.34% 1.42%
Free cash flow margin 11.28% 8.87% 0.85%
Return on equity 28.25% 46.12% 2.46%
Return on assets 12.53% 17.80% 0.16%
Return on invested capital 38.03% 36.42% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FIVE ULTA Specialty Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 25.56% 11.16% 3.35%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 40.65% 1.18% 15.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 19.41% 15.04% 3.88%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.79% 45.67% 0.00%

Health

Metric FIVE ULTA Specialty Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.13 0.27
Current ratio 2.22 1.35 1.35
Net debt to EBITDA (1.44) (0.24) 0.24

Dividend

Metric FIVE ULTA Specialty Retail median
Dividend yield — — 1.44%
Payout ratio — — 0.26

Size

Metric FIVE ULTA Specialty Retail median
Market cap 12.29b 26.05b 335.32m

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