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Burlington Stores (BURL) Competitors

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BURL vs. ROST, TJX, CPNG, JD, CDW, CHWY, SFM, BJ, ACI, and W

Should you be buying Burlington Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burlington Stores include Ross Stores (ROST), TJX Companies (TJX), Coupang (CPNG), JD.com (JD), CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Wayfair (W).

Burlington Stores vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ross Stores$21.13B2.28$2.09B$6.3023.48
Burlington Stores$10.63B1.58$503.64M$8.4731.54

Ross Stores has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ross Stores had 4 more articles in the media than Burlington Stores. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Ross Stores and 31 mentions for Burlington Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Burlington Stores' score of 1.28 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
30 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Burlington Stores
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ross Stores currently has a consensus price target of $160.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. Burlington Stores has a consensus price target of $344.29, indicating a potential upside of 28.89%. 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)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Burlington Stores
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ross Stores9.60% 37.37% 14.08%
Burlington Stores 4.96%42.74%6.48%

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BURL 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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BURL vs. The Competition

MetricBurlington StoresRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.60B$92.48B$27.95B$21.71B
Dividend YieldN/A1.85%173.88%3.47%
P/E Ratio31.5424.4620.6229.69
Price / Sales1.581.398.5652.06
Price / Cash20.1819.5866.6725.00
Price / Book11.648.734.814.58
Net Income$503.64M$2.14B$872.26M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-8.35%-2.13%1.17%0.66%
1 Month Performance-4.00%-4.80%5.55%4.64%
1 Year Performance-2.96%9.93%21.67%15.96%

Burlington Stores Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.8573 of 5 stars
$267.11
-4.4%
$344.29
+28.9%
+4.5%$17.60B$10.63B31.5477,532Trending News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ROST
Ross Stores
4.8217 of 5 stars
$147.16
-1.3%
$160.67
+9.2%
0.0%$48.13B$21.13B23.36107,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
TJX
TJX Companies
4.3961 of 5 stars
$136.63
-0.4%
$147.58
+8.0%
+19.5%$152.63B$56.36B31.12364,000Positive News
CPNG
Coupang
3.5424 of 5 stars
$28.59
-0.2%
$31.13
+8.9%
+38.6%$52.11B$32.26B142.9495,000Trending News
Insider Trade
JD
JD.com
4.8656 of 5 stars
$31.07
+2.2%
$43.31
+39.4%
+29.5%$43.39B$158.76B8.73465,626Trending News
CDW
CDW
4.8711 of 5 stars
$164.76
-0.7%
$202.00
+22.6%
-23.2%$21.59B$21.00B20.4715,100Positive News
CHWY
Chewy
4.2354 of 5 stars
$40.99
-1.1%
$43.78
+6.8%
+19.2%$17.02B$12.10B46.0618,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
4.3825 of 5 stars
$140.54
-0.6%
$173.73
+23.6%
+36.8%$13.73B$7.72B28.9235,000Positive News
Insider Trade
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.6945 of 5 stars
$97.80
+1.0%
$113.18
+15.7%
+24.7%$12.88B$20.50B22.4333,000
ACI
Albertsons Companies
4.2487 of 5 stars
$19.46
+1.0%
$23.94
+23.0%
+1.0%$10.89B$81.01B11.86195,000Positive News
W
Wayfair
3.4709 of 5 stars
$74.51
-1.3%
$69.19
-7.1%
+101.8%$9.66B$12.01B-31.0513,500

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This page (NYSE:BURL) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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