Burlington Stores (BURL) Competitors

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

Does the media favor BURL or JD?

In the previous week, JD.com had 29 more articles in the media than Burlington Stores. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for JD.com and 23 mentions for Burlington Stores. JD.com's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.44 indicating that JD.com 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)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
JD.com	17 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BURL or JD?

JD.com received 228 more outperform votes than Burlington Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burlington Stores	Outperform Votes 792 71.22%	Underperform Votes 320 28.78%
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1020 67.06%	Underperform Votes 501 32.94%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BURL or JD?

16.0% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BURL or JD?

JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Burlington Stores. JD.com 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	$10.24B	1.67	$339.65M	$6.65	40.44
JD.com	$152.77B	0.36	$3.40B	$2.75	12.73

Which has more risk and volatility, BURL or JD?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD.com has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BURL or JD?

Burlington Stores presently has a consensus price target of $297.56, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. JD.com has a consensus price target of $40.36, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given JD.com's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JD.com is more favorable than Burlington Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burlington Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
JD.com	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is BURL or JD more profitable?

Burlington Stores has a net margin of 4.18% compared to JD.com's net margin of 2.80%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 47.43% beat JD.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burlington Stores	4.18%	47.43%	6.10%
JD.com	2.80%	13.51%	6.30%

Summary

Burlington Stores and JD.com tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.