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 $1.40T. Walmart Inc. (WMT) is the largest at $852.5B, followed by Costco Wholesale Corporation and Target Corporation. The median Discount Stores stock trades at 19.5× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 3.01% (market: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 8.64%. 6 of the 10 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.12%.

Discount Stores medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 19.5× 17.9×
P/S 1.1× 2.0×
P/B 5.4× 1.8×
Price to free cash flow 33.3× 14.0×
EV/EBITDA 12.2× 11.0×
EV/Sales 1.1× 2.2×
Earnings yield 3.95% 1.18%
Free cash flow yield 2.93% 0.48%
Gross margin 27.3% 46.3%
Operating margin 4.45% 0.00%
Net margin 3.01% 0.55%
Free cash flow margin 3.30% 0.00%
Return on equity 20.8% 1.76%
Return on assets 7.60% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.2% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.64% 7.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.99% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.4× 0.2×
Current ratio 1.0× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 0.6× 0.6×
Dividend yield 2.12% 2.75%
Payout ratio 0.2× 0.0×
Market cap $16.4B $612.7M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
BIGGQ Big Lots, Inc. 14.75m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (10.40%) (9.89%) 5.39%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 5.02b 84.25 (0.06%) 18.75 9.79% 14.43% —
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 5.34b 174.73 0.90% 33.54 2.77% 10.18% 1.26%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. 5.77b 53.56 1.02% 0.00 (3.61%) 48.34% —
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. 11.60b 93.79 2.12% 20.34 2.61% 9.09% —
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. 21.27b 114.07 0.50% 13.91 8.03% 8.18% —
DG Dollar General Corporation 27.22b 124.84 1.89% 16.15 3.90% 4.77% 1.65%
TGT Target Corporation 72.51b 157.45 0.83% 16.27 4.08% 1.95% 2.91%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 396.68b 922.77 2.84% 46.30 3.01% 9.23% 2.58%
WMT Walmart Inc. 852.48b 107.98 0.36% 38.98 3.00% 6.16% 1.35%

Updated 26 September 2026