BOOT vs BURL vs GAP Stock Comparison

Boot Barn Holdings, Burlington Stores and Gap Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.
$114.22 -7.3% 1M -42.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.39B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
1 win
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc.
$241.23 -5.3% 1M -10.3% 1Y
Market cap
$14.80B
P/E
20.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.22B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
GAP Gap Inc
$22.25 +1.9% 1M -5.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.72B
P/E
6.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.33B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Gap leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Gap 7, Burlington Stores 3, Boot Barn Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBOOTBURLGAPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.39B $14.80B $7.72B BURL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 20.7x 6.2x GAP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.3x 21.4x 9.1x GAP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +10.9% +1.1% BURL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.8% 8.1% GAP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.1% 23.3% GAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x -0.5x GAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.0% -10.3% -5.2% GAP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.6%/yr -2.3%/yr +0.4%/yr BOOT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.5% 40.6% 46.6% BURL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 59/100 81/100 GAP

Percentile Scorecard

BOOTBURLGAP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBOOTBURLGAP
Valuation – 38 #65 of 104 91 #10 of 104
Growth – 93 #8 of 99 75 #26 of 99
Profitability – 79 #22 of 99 80 #21 of 99
Financial Health 82 #21 of 113 42 #66 of 113 70 #35 of 113
Shareholder Returns – 44 #41 of 73 90 #8 of 73
Overall – 59 81
  • BOOT ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • BURL ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • GAP ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBOOTBURLGAPSPY
1 month -7.3%-5.3%+1.9% -0.8%
3 months -26.4%-32.6%+13.2% +3.5%
6 months -32.9%-26.1%-11.5% +7.0%
Year to date -35.3%-16.5%-13.1% +12.2%
1 year -42.0%-10.3%-5.2% +13.0%
3 years +64.4%+107.2%+74.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +18.0%+27.5%+20.3% +23.1%
5 years +13.9%-11.2%+2.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.6%-2.3%+0.4% +11.0%
10 years +938.4%+224.3%-17.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +26.4%+12.5%-1.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBOOTBURLGAPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.5%40.6%46.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.3%43.4%48.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.140.751.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.88-0.25-0.11 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.6%-63.3%-70.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.1%-35.2%-23.6% -1.8%
52-week high $207.98$372.18$29.13 $779.14
52-week low $112.83$232.24$18.34 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBOOTBURLGAP
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.7x 21.2xmedian 16.7x 6.3xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 1.2xmedian 0.5x 0.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 11.2xmedian 9.0x 3.1xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.5x 36.7xmedian 16.5x 8.2xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.7x 7.6xmedian 1.7x 2.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 0.53median 0.72 0.05median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBOOTBURLGAP
Revenue – $12.22B $15.33B
Gross profit – $5.45B $6.63B
Operating income – $1.01B $1.68B
Net income – $714.18M $1.25B
Free cash flow – $412.54M $957.00M
EPS (diluted) – $11.18 $3.44
Cash & equivalents $141.04M $703.69M $2.10B
Total debt – $1.91B $1.49B
Shares (diluted) 30.73M 63.90M 362.00M
Enterprise value $2.89B $11.54B -$2.84B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBOOTBURLGAP
P/E – 21.2x 6.3x
P/FCF – 36.7x 8.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.7x 5.1x
P/S – 1.2x 0.5x
P/B 2.6x 7.6x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 8.6x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA – 11.2x 3.1x
EV/EBIT – 16.1x 4.0x
EV/Revenue – 1.3x 0.4x
EV/FCF – 39.7x 7.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 11.6x 4.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.53 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBOOTBURLGAP
Revenue growth (1Y) – 10.9% 1.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 10.3% 0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.3% 6.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.0% 6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 27.6% 44.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 41.4% 88.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 30.7% 40.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 39.1% 126.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 30.7% 46.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 39.9% 127.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 76.0% 26.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 22.0% 4.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 235.2% 24.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 5.1% 3.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBOOTBURLGAP
Gross margin – 44.6% 43.3%
EBITDA margin – 12.0% 14.3%
Operating margin – 8.3% 11.0%
Pretax margin – 7.7% 11.1%
Net margin – 5.8% 8.1%
FCF margin – 3.4% 6.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.6% 10.0%
Return on equity – 37.2% 32.8%
Return on assets – 7.2% 10.0%
Return on invested capital – 20.1% 23.3%
Return on capital employed – 13.2% 18.2%
Asset turnover – 1.2x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBOOTBURLGAP
Debt / assets – 19.1% 11.6%
Debt / equity – 1.0x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x -0.5x
Debt / FCF – 4.6x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 46.2% 80.1% 69.3%
Equity / assets 53.8% 19.9% 30.7%
Interest coverage – 13.7x 18.1x
Current ratio 2.6x 1.2x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.4x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.8x
Altman Z-score – 3.06 2.82

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBOOTBURLGAP
Dividend yield – – 3.0%
Net buyback yield – 1.9% 7.4%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.9% 10.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBOOTBURLGAP
Forward P/E 13.3xFY2026 21.4xFY2026 9.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.59FY2026 $11.29FY2026 $2.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 +15.7%FY2026 +15.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +26.7% +10.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.54BFY2026 $12.22BFY2026 $15.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +5.8%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +18.9% -1.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBOOTBURLGAP
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 60.0%
Institutions holding 458 653 484
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% 0.0% -4.1%
Institutions buying 255 367 240
Institutions selling 149 215 179
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.71 1.34

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BOOTBURLGAP
BOOT 1.00 0.29 0.39
BURL 0.29 1.00 0.23
GAP 0.39 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BOOT, BURL and GAP?

Burlington Stores (BURL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) $3.39B, Burlington Stores (BURL) $14.80B, Gap (GAP) $7.72B.

Which stock is cheaper, BOOT, BURL and GAP?

Gap (GAP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Burlington Stores (BURL) 20.7x, Gap (GAP) 6.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gap (GAP) is cheapest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 13.3x, Burlington Stores (BURL) 21.4x, Gap (GAP) 9.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Burlington Stores (BURL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Burlington Stores (BURL) +10.9%, Gap (GAP) +1.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gap (GAP) has the highest net margin (Burlington Stores (BURL) 5.8%, Gap (GAP) 8.1%). On return on invested capital, Gap (GAP) leads (Burlington Stores (BURL) 20.1%, Gap (GAP) 23.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gap (GAP) returned the most: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) -42.0%, Burlington Stores (BURL) -10.3%, Gap (GAP) -5.2%. Over five years, Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) compounded fastest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) +2.6%/yr, Burlington Stores (BURL) -2.3%/yr, Gap (GAP) +0.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Burlington Stores (BURL) has been the steadiest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 47.5%, Burlington Stores (BURL) 40.6%, Gap (GAP) 46.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BOOT, BURL and GAP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Gap (GAP) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.