BURL vs. ROST, CPNG, JD, CDW, CHWY, BJ, SFM, W, ACI, and VIPS
Should you be buying Burlington Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burlington Stores include Ross Stores (ROST), Coupang (CPNG), JD.com (JD), CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Wayfair (W), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Vipshop (VIPS).
Burlington Stores vs. Its Competitors
Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Burlington Stores shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Burlington Stores presently has a consensus price target of $344.29, suggesting a potential upside of 34.59%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $160.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Ross Stores.
Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Burlington Stores' net margin of 4.96%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 42.74% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ross Stores had 11 more articles in the media than Burlington Stores. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ross Stores and 13 mentions for Burlington Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.35 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Ross Stores beats Burlington Stores on 9 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
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This page (NYSE:BURL) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
