Burlington Stores (BURL) Competitors

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ROST or BURL?

86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ROST or BURL?

Ross Stores has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROST or BURL more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Burlington Stores' net margin of 4.88%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 44.03% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ross Stores	9.60%	37.85%	14.03%
Burlington Stores	4.88%	44.03%	6.48%

Do analysts recommend ROST or BURL?

Ross Stores presently has a consensus target price of $160.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.66%. Burlington Stores has a consensus target price of $318.92, indicating a potential upside of 13.47%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Ross Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Burlington Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor ROST or BURL?

In the previous week, Ross Stores had 66 more articles in the media than Burlington Stores. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for Ross Stores and 28 mentions for Burlington Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.70 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ross Stores	32 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	27 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Burlington Stores	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ROST or BURL?

Ross Stores has higher revenue and earnings than Burlington Stores. Ross Stores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.28	$2.09B	$6.33	23.26
Burlington Stores	$10.63B	1.67	$503.64M	$8.15	34.49

Summary

Ross Stores beats Burlington Stores on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.