Burlington Stores (BURL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BURL or ROST?

86.9% of Ross Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BURL or ROST?

Burlington Stores presently has a consensus target price of $317.57, indicating a potential upside of 12.38%. Ross Stores has a consensus target price of $159.06, indicating a potential upside of 8.54%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BURL or ROST?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Burlington Stores	$10.63B	1.68	$503.64M	$8.15	34.67
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.27	$2.09B	$6.33	23.15

Which has more volatility and risk, BURL or ROST?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BURL or ROST more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Burlington Stores' net margin of 4.88%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 44.03% beat Ross Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burlington Stores	4.88%	44.03%	6.48%
Ross Stores	9.79%	38.77%	14.16%

Does the media prefer BURL or ROST?

In the previous week, Ross Stores had 2 more articles in the media than Burlington Stores. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ross Stores and 18 mentions for Burlington Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Burlington Stores' score of 1.17 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ross Stores	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Ross Stores beats Burlington Stores on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.