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$106.56 -0.14 (-0.13%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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BJ vs. COST, WMT, CPNG, JD, CDW, CHWY, SFM, BURL, ACI, and FND

Should you be buying BJ's Wholesale Club stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BJ's Wholesale Club include Costco Wholesale (COST), Walmart (WMT), Coupang (CPNG), JD.com (JD), CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Floor & Decor (FND).

BJ's Wholesale Club vs. Its Competitors

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.92% compared to BJ's Wholesale Club's net margin of 2.76%. BJ's Wholesale Club's return on equity of 31.98% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Costco Wholesale2.92% 30.48% 10.52%
BJ's Wholesale Club 2.76%31.98%8.16%

Costco Wholesale presently has a consensus target price of $1,037.48, indicating a potential upside of 6.92%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus target price of $116.12, indicating a potential upside of 8.97%. Given BJ's Wholesale Club's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BJ's Wholesale Club is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
BJ's Wholesale Club
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 128 more articles in the media than BJ's Wholesale Club. MarketBeat recorded 142 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 14 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat BJ's Wholesale Club's score of 0.71 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Costco Wholesale
88 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BJ's Wholesale Club
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Wholesale Club. BJ's Wholesale Club is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Costco Wholesale$254.45B1.69$7.37B$17.6355.04
BJ's Wholesale Club$20.50B0.69$534.42M$4.3024.78

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats BJ's Wholesale Club on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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BJ vs. The Competition

MetricBJ's Wholesale ClubCONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.09B$33.92B$16.20B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.61%3.10%3.71%
P/E Ratio24.7832.3219.7827.84
Price / Sales0.691.8246.1642.30
Price / Cash17.5216.4214.8322.63
Price / Book7.628.736.094.57
Net Income$534.42M$1.19B$680.31M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.56%-0.56%2.08%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.87%1.62%1.61%3.95%
1 Year Performance17.90%31.59%4.79%10.27%

BJ's Wholesale Club Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.5415 of 5 stars
$106.56
-0.1%
$116.12
+9.0%
+17.6%$14.09B$20.50B24.7833,000Positive News
Insider Trade
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.2702 of 5 stars
$992.18
+0.5%
$1,034.79
+4.3%
+14.6%$440.01B$254.45B56.28333,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WMT
Walmart
4.8923 of 5 stars
$99.27
+0.9%
$106.67
+7.5%
+35.2%$792.22B$680.99B42.422,100,000Trending News
CPNG
Coupang
2.7762 of 5 stars
$30.01
-0.9%
$30.08
+0.2%
+39.1%$54.49B$31.06B214.3695,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
JD
JD.com
4.9447 of 5 stars
$32.02
-0.2%
$46.23
+44.4%
+8.6%$50.50B$158.76B7.79465,626Analyst Forecast
CDW
CDW
4.5446 of 5 stars
$177.36
-2.6%
$208.71
+17.7%
-20.7%$23.35B$21.00B21.9815,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CHWY
Chewy
3.4273 of 5 stars
$41.03
-0.6%
$43.39
+5.7%
+43.4%$17.04B$11.86B46.1018,000Analyst Forecast
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.5595 of 5 stars
$164.19
+1.2%
$167.79
+2.2%
+93.1%$16.07B$7.72B36.9035,000Positive News
Insider Trade
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.3202 of 5 stars
$250.71
+1.3%
$317.43
+26.6%
-1.0%$15.82B$10.63B30.7677,532
ACI
Albertsons Companies
3.8969 of 5 stars
$22.72
+3.6%
$24.21
+6.6%
+13.0%$13.08B$80.39B13.85195,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
FND
Floor & Decor
3.026 of 5 stars
$80.82
-1.5%
$93.00
+15.1%
-13.2%$8.70B$4.46B42.7613,690Positive News
Options Volume

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