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NYSE:BIG

Big Lots - BIG Competitors

$11.09
-0.33 (-2.89%)
(As of 03/21/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$11.07
$11.88
50-Day Range
$11.42
$19.31
52-Week Range
$11.07
$40.45
Volume
1.45 million shs
Average Volume
1.29 million shs
Market Capitalization
$321.17 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
10.82%
Price Target
$16.11

BIG vs. ZUMZ, PETS, BH, LOCO, DXLG, QRTEA, BRLT, BBW, VLGEA, and LOVE

Should you be buying Big Lots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big Lots include Zumiez (ZUMZ), PetMed Express (PETS), Biglari (BH), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Qurate Retail (QRTEA), Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT), Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW), Village Super Market (VLGEA), and Lovesac (LOVE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Big Lots vs.

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Zumiez presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.77%. Big Lots has a consensus target price of $16.11, suggesting a potential upside of 45.28%. Given Big Lots' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Big Lots is more favorable than Zumiez.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zumiez
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Big Lots
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Big Lots received 96 more outperform votes than Zumiez when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.84% of users gave Big Lots an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZumiezOutperform Votes
575
48.52%
Underperform Votes
610
51.48%
Big LotsOutperform Votes
671
61.84%
Underperform Votes
414
38.16%

Zumiez has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Lots has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Zumiez has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Big Lots. Big Lots is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zumiez, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zumiez$958.38 million0.38$21.03 million$1.0917.02
Big Lots$5.47 billion0.06-$210.71 million-$7.29-1.52

84.8% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Zumiez shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Big Lots shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Big Lots had 11 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Big Lots and 4 mentions for Zumiez. Big Lots' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Zumiez's score of 0.39 indicating that Big Lots is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zumiez
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Big Lots
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Zumiez has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Big Lots' net margin of -3.85%. Zumiez's return on equity of 5.45% beat Big Lots' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zumiez 2.19% 5.45% 2.78%
Big Lots -3.85% -20.12% -4.40%

Summary

Zumiez beats Big Lots on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BIG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BIG vs. The Competition

MetricBig LotsVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$321.17M$57.45B$16.03B$14.32B
Dividend Yield9.88%2.81%169.66%3.94%
P/E Ratio-1.5221.0633.3519.68
Price / Sales0.061.0911.7810.33
Price / CashN/A18.0335.7616.34
Price / Book0.425.594.857.02
Net Income-$210.71M$1.97B$535.19M$874.19M
7 Day Performance-17.55%-1.45%-0.71%-0.53%
1 Month Performance-29.85%-3.47%-5.57%-6.02%
1 Year Performance-70.92%1.88%-13.23%-13.33%

Big Lots Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.5781 of 5 stars
$19.50
-4.6%
$25.00
+28.2%
-58.6%$380.06M$958.38M17.899,500
PETS
PetMed Express
1.8329 of 5 stars
$17.69
-0.5%
$18.00
+1.8%
-38.5%$372.91M$273.42M31.04219News Coverage
BH
Biglari
1.6734 of 5 stars
$174.14
-3.5%
N/A+9.9%$396.34M$368.23M-1.682,559
LOCO
El Pollo Loco
1.8147 of 5 stars
$11.18
-0.4%
N/A-4.9%$411.31M$469.96M19.284,626Gap Down
DXLG
Destination XL Group
1.9396 of 5 stars
$5.72
-3.1%
$9.75
+70.5%
-3.3%$353.27M$505.02M4.241,353
QRTEA
Qurate Retail
1.9691 of 5 stars
$1.08
-2.7%
$2.60
+140.7%
-82.8%$413.41M$12.11B-0.1620,800Positive News
BRLT
Brilliant Earth Group
2.7067 of 5 stars
$4.36
+2.3%
$8.56
+96.4%
-64.5%$416.37M$442.16M21.80420Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BBW
Build-A-Bear Workshop
2.1057 of 5 stars
$23.68
-1.3%
N/A+29.2%$349.28M$467.94M7.473,700Insider Selling
VLGEA
Village Super Market
2.4508 of 5 stars
$23.17
+1.1%
N/A-5.3%$336.20M$2.06B10.257,177Dividend Announcement
Positive News
LOVE
Lovesac
2.9095 of 5 stars
$21.42
-3.0%
$63.71
+197.5%
-53.5%$325.29M$498.24M10.451,185Upcoming Earnings
This page (NYSE:BIG) was last updated on 3/21/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff