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 $1.52T. Walmart Inc. (WMT) is the largest at $935.2B, followed by Costco Wholesale Corporation and Target Corporation. The median Discount Stores stock trades at 21.5× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 3.02% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 8.64%. 5 of the 10 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.03%.

Discount Stores medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 21.5× 18.1×
P/S 1.2× 1.9×
P/B 5.9× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 36.4× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 13.5× 11.0×
EV/Sales 1.1× 2.1×
Earnings yield 3.79% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 2.71% 0.27%
Gross margin 27.3% 46.2%
Operating margin 4.45% 0.00%
Net margin 3.02% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 3.35% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.8% 1.35%
Return on assets 7.60% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.2% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.64% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.4% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.99% 8.93%
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 1.03% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.3× 0.3×
Market cap $18.2B $584.7M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
WMT Walmart Inc. 935.15b 118.54 0.57% 42.79 3.00% 6.16% 1.03%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 433.38b 989.11 1.13% 47.60 3.04% 10.14% 0.56%
TGT Target Corporation 71.16b 154.35 (1.46%) 15.95 4.08% 1.95% 2.97%
DG Dollar General Corporation 29.54b 134.36 0.35% 17.38 3.90% 4.77% 1.76%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. 23.34b 124.18 (0.18%) 15.14 8.03% 8.18% —
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. 13.04b 102.46 (0.78%) 22.23 2.61% 9.09% —
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. 6.08b 57.68 2.94% 0.00 (3.61%) 48.34% —
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 5.68b 93.18 (2.49%) 20.71 9.79% 14.43% —
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 5.24b 169.81 0.08% 32.59 2.77% 10.18% 0.82%
BIGGQ Big Lots, Inc. 14.75m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (10.40%) (9.89%) —

Updated 17 October 2026