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

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	1.47	$503.64M	$8.15	30.35
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.03	$2.09B	$6.33	20.76

Which has more volatility & risk, BURL or ROST?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BURL or ROST?

Burlington Stores presently has a consensus price target of $317.43, suggesting a potential upside of 28.31%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $158.94, suggesting a potential upside of 20.94%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Does the media favor BURL or ROST?

In the previous week, Burlington Stores and Burlington Stores both had 21 articles in the media. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.44 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ross Stores	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BURL or ROST?

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ross Stores beats Burlington Stores on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.