Discount Stores industry stocks

The Discount Stores industry has 10 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Consumer Defensive sector, with a combined market value of $1.65T. Walmart Inc. (WMT) is the largest at $1.01T, followed by Costco Wholesale Corporation and Target Corporation. The median Discount Stores stock trades at 22.4× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 3.02% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 8.64%. 5 of the 10 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 0.86%.

Discount Stores medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 22.4× 17.9×
P/S 1.3× 1.9×
P/B 6.4× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 30.0× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 13.1× 10.9×
EV/Sales 1.1× 2.1×
Earnings yield 3.74% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 2.94% 0.93%
Gross margin 27.3% 45.1%
Operating margin 4.42% 0.00%
Net margin 3.02% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 3.62% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.8% 0.51%
Return on assets 7.60% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.1% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.64% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.6% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.99% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.4× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.0× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 0.6× 0.6×
Dividend yield 0.86% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.3× 0.3×
Market cap $20.8B $676.4M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
WMT Walmart Inc. 1.01t 127.90 (0.98%) 46.17 3.00% 6.16% 0.76%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 472.19b 1,063.07 1.59% 51.16 3.04% 10.14% 0.54%
TGT Target Corporation 71.76b 157.83 (3.23%) 16.30 4.08% 1.95% 2.90%
DG Dollar General Corporation 30.45b 137.71 (2.77%) 17.82 3.90% 4.77% 1.71%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. 25.88b 137.59 (6.40%) 16.78 8.03% 8.18% —
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. 14.05b 111.08 0.16% 24.10 2.61% 9.09% —
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. 8.23b 64.29 (1.20%) — (1.87%) 51.20% —
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 5.52b 93.03 (1.15%) 20.67 9.79% 14.43% —
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 5.03b 162.48 (1.65%) 30.09 2.83% 11.50% 0.86%
BIGGQ Big Lots, Inc. 14.75m 0.00 0.00% — (10.40%) (9.89%) —

Updated 5 November 2026