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Burlington Stores (BURL) Competitors

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

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), Vipshop (VIPS), and Albertsons Companies (ACI).

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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Burlington Stores$10.63B1.59$503.64M$8.4731.68
Ross Stores$21.13B2.41$2.09B$6.3024.87

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
Burlington Stores4.96% 42.74% 6.48%
Ross Stores 9.60%37.37%14.08%

86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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 28.31%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $162.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.62%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Ross Stores.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Burlington Stores
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Ross Stores
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 1 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Burlington Stores and 8 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.85 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Burlington Stores
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ross Stores
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Burlington Stores and Ross Stores tied by winning 8 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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BURL vs. The Competition

MetricBurlington StoresRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.63B$91.88B$27.45B$21.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.82%172.45%3.59%
P/E Ratio31.6824.5918.9332.78
Price / Sales1.591.408.8960.02
Price / Cash19.0619.0062.0024.20
Price / Book12.438.755.134.65
Net Income$503.64M$2.24B$914.86M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.33%1.40%1.34%1.48%
1 Month Performance3.27%3.93%-1.83%0.43%
1 Year Performance4.96%14.83%7.47%12.71%

Burlington Stores Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.4653 of 5 stars
$268.32
+1.7%
$344.29
+28.3%
+3.7%$16.63B$10.63B31.6877,532Gap Up
ROST
Ross Stores
4.4048 of 5 stars
$154.77
+4.8%
$162.33
+4.9%
+7.1%$50.34B$21.13B24.57107,000Positive News
CPNG
Coupang
3.2719 of 5 stars
$31.76
+1.7%
$33.50
+5.5%
+24.6%$57.89B$30.27B158.7895,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
JD
JD.com
4.7324 of 5 stars
$33.25
+4.4%
$42.86
+28.9%
-19.6%$47.63B$1.27T9.34465,626Analyst Forecast
CDW
CDW
4.8723 of 5 stars
$147.51
+1.7%
$202.00
+36.9%
-28.0%$19.33B$21.00B18.3215,100Analyst Forecast
CHWY
Chewy
4.1486 of 5 stars
$38.53
-1.3%
$45.84
+19.0%
+28.9%$15.98B$12.35B110.0818,000Positive News
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
3.0563 of 5 stars
$92.85
+3.1%
$114.31
+23.1%
+9.3%$12.23B$20.91B21.3033,000
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
4.0843 of 5 stars
$106.59
+3.7%
$175.21
+64.4%
-8.6%$10.42B$7.72B21.9335,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
W
Wayfair
3.3185 of 5 stars
$76.12
+2.5%
$73.73
-3.1%
+69.8%$9.87B$12.01B-31.7213,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
VIPS
Vipshop
3.2453 of 5 stars
$19.13
+0.4%
$18.33
-4.2%
+31.6%$9.81B$105.97B10.4014,966
ACI
Albertsons Companies
4.1027 of 5 stars
$16.96
-1.0%
$23.63
+39.3%
+5.5%$9.49B$81.01B10.34195,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:BURL) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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