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$108.25 -0.89 (-0.82%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:57 PM Eastern
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BJ vs. COST, WMT, CPNG, JD, CDW, CHWY, SFM, BURL, ACI, and GAP

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 GAP (GAP).

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

Costco Wholesale presently has a consensus target price of $1,034.79, suggesting a potential upside of 4.92%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus target price of $116.12, suggesting a potential upside of 7.27%. Given BJ's Wholesale Club's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
BJ's Wholesale Club
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 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.

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 118 more articles in the media than BJ's Wholesale Club. MarketBeat recorded 132 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 14 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club. BJ's Wholesale Club's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 1.05 indicating that BJ's Wholesale Club is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Costco Wholesale
88 Very Positive mention(s)
17 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BJ's Wholesale Club
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 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$254.45B1.72$7.37B$17.6355.94
BJ's Wholesale Club$20.50B0.70$534.42M$4.3025.17

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats BJ's Wholesale Club on 11 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$14.45B$33.81B$16.44B$20.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.68%3.10%3.72%
P/E Ratio25.1733.1520.3328.09
Price / Sales0.701.8557.0138.30
Price / Cash17.9716.4914.8722.53
Price / Book7.258.896.184.58
Net Income$534.42M$1.19B$685.51M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-5.37%4.15%2.70%2.79%
1 Month Performance-0.62%2.92%1.41%5.46%
1 Year Performance23.07%37.90%7.72%15.06%

BJ's Wholesale Club Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.8811 of 5 stars
$108.25
-0.8%
$116.12
+7.3%
+25.7%$14.45B$20.50B25.1733,000Positive News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.5244 of 5 stars
$989.72
+0.5%
$1,034.79
+4.6%
+14.3%$438.92B$254.45B56.14333,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WMT
Walmart
4.7725 of 5 stars
$97.88
+0.6%
$106.50
+8.8%
+44.0%$781.12B$680.99B41.832,100,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CPNG
Coupang
2.5258 of 5 stars
$29.95
-2.8%
$30.08
+0.4%
+44.8%$54.38B$30.27B213.9368,000
JD
JD.com
4.8787 of 5 stars
$32.64
-1.3%
$46.23
+41.6%
+19.3%$51.48B$1.20T7.94385,400
CDW
CDW
4.6593 of 5 stars
$178.59
+0.7%
$208.71
+16.9%
-16.5%$23.52B$21.00B22.1315,100Positive News
CHWY
Chewy
3.0029 of 5 stars
$42.62
-0.5%
$43.39
+1.8%
+70.8%$17.70B$11.86B47.8918,000
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.1675 of 5 stars
$164.64
+1.5%
$167.79
+1.9%
+96.8%$16.11B$7.72B37.0035,000Positive News
Insider Trade
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.5423 of 5 stars
$232.52
+0.8%
$317.43
+36.5%
+5.9%$14.67B$10.63B28.5377,532News Coverage
ACI
Albertsons Companies
3.8645 of 5 stars
$21.54
+1.7%
$24.36
+13.1%
+10.3%$12.40B$80.39B13.13195,000Positive News
GAP
GAP
4.5089 of 5 stars
$21.83
-0.3%
$28.47
+30.4%
N/A$8.22B$15.16B9.4582,000Trending News

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