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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Costco Wholesale beats BJ's Wholesale Club on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BJ) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff