BOOT vs ROST vs VSXY Stock Comparison

Boot Barn Holdings, Ross Stores and Victoria's Secret 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
$3.41B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
1 win
ROST Ross Stores, Inc.
$234.11 -0.9% 1M +49.4% 1Y
Market cap
$73.17B
P/E
27.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.51B
Div. yield
0.01%
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
VSXY Victoria's Secret & Co.
$94.97 +14.5% 1M +186.3% 1Y
Market cap
$7.48B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.91B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ross Stores leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ross Stores 6, Victoria's Secret 4, Boot Barn Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBOOTROSTVSXYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.41B $73.17B $7.48B ROST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 27.5x 19.8x VSXY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.3x 29.0x 19.5x BOOT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +14.0% +10.3% ROST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.8% 5.5% ROST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 33.9% 48.2% VSXY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.8x -0.7x ROST
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.0% +49.4% +186.3% VSXY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.6%/yr +16.2%/yr +13.3%/yr ROST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.5% 26.1% 70.6% ROST
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 64/100 70/100 VSXY

Percentile Scorecard

BOOTROSTVSXY

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

AxisBOOTROSTVSXY
Valuation – 10 #94 of 104 51 #52 of 104
Growth – 81 #20 of 99 95 #6 of 99
Profitability – 91 #10 of 99 85 #16 of 99
Financial Health 82 #21 of 113 87 #16 of 113 76 #28 of 113
Shareholder Returns – 51 #36 of 73 42 #43 of 73
Overall – 64 70
  • BOOT ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • ROST ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • VSXY ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBOOTROSTVSXYSPY
1 month -7.3%-0.9%+14.5% -0.8%
3 months -26.4%-3.8%+11.3% +3.5%
6 months -32.9%+3.5%+80.8% +7.0%
Year to date -35.3%+30.0%+75.3% +12.2%
1 year -42.0%+49.4%+186.3% +13.0%
3 years +64.4%+107.6%+412.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +18.0%+27.6%+72.5% +23.1%
5 years +13.9%+111.6%+86.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.6%+16.2%+13.3% +11.0%
10 years +938.4%+268.7%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +26.4%+13.9%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBOOTROSTVSXYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.5%26.1%70.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.3%24.4%58.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.140.521.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.881.892.64 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.6%-41.3%-77.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.1%-8.3%-5.0% -1.8%
52-week high $207.98$255.23$99.97 $779.14
52-week low $112.83$158.07$33.79 $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.

MultipleBOOTROSTVSXY
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.7x 28.0xmedian 16.7x 20.1xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 3.1xmedian 0.5x 1.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 18.3xmedian 9.0x 9.3xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.5x 26.8xmedian 16.5x 13.7xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.7x 11.1xmedian 1.7x 7.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 1.36median 0.72 0.97median 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 monthsBOOTROSTVSXY
Revenue – $24.51B $6.91B
Gross profit – $7.27B $2.74B
Operating income – $3.37B $543.00M
Net income – $2.66B $420.00M
Free cash flow – $2.79B $554.00M
EPS (diluted) – $8.32 $4.50
Cash & equivalents $141.04M $4.29B $522.00M
Total debt – $1.02B $4.00M
Shares (diluted) 30.73M 319.45M 84.00M
Enterprise value $2.90B $56.09B $5.98B

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
MetricBOOTROSTVSXY
P/E – 28.0x 20.1x
P/FCF – 26.8x 13.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 20.4x 10.0x
P/S – 3.1x 1.1x
P/B 2.6x 11.1x 7.2x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 11.1x 9.4x
EV/EBITDA – 18.3x 9.3x
EV/EBIT – 21.2x 13.0x
EV/Revenue – 2.9x 1.0x
EV/FCF – 25.6x 12.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.6x 9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.36 0.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBOOTROSTVSXY
Revenue growth (1Y) – 14.0% 10.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 8.5% 3.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 22.5% 20.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% 7.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 30.6% 92.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 16.8% 16.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 28.9% 159.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 18.3% 28.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 31.1% 144.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 20.5% 20.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 48.0% 75.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 8.6% 17.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 66.2% 128.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.2% 36.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBOOTROSTVSXY
Gross margin – 29.7% 39.6%
EBITDA margin – 16.0% 11.0%
Operating margin – 13.7% 7.9%
Pretax margin – 14.3% 7.1%
Net margin – 10.8% 5.5%
FCF margin – 11.4% 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 14.9% 11.0%
Return on equity – 40.8% 43.7%
Return on assets – 16.9% 8.3%
Return on invested capital – 33.9% 48.2%
Return on capital employed – 31.0% 15.4%
Asset turnover – 1.6x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBOOTROSTVSXY
Debt / assets – 6.4% 0.1%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.8x -0.7x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 46.2% 57.8% 79.6%
Equity / assets 53.8% 42.2% 20.4%
Interest coverage – – 8.4x
Current ratio 2.6x 1.6x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.9x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 7.78 3.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBOOTROSTVSXY
Dividend yield – 0.7% –
Net buyback yield – 1.5% 1.3%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.3% 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 20.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 19.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 7.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 7.4% –

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.

ConsensusBOOTROSTVSXY
Forward P/E 13.3xFY2026 29.0xFY2026 19.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.59FY2026 $8.06FY2026 $4.88FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.9%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026 +62.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +18.6% +11.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.54BFY2026 $23.94BFY2026 $7.42BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.8%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +7.5% +4.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBOOTROSTVSXY
Held by institutions 100.0% 93.4% 100.0%
Institutions holding 458 1,420 433
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% +4.7% +2.1%
Institutions buying 255 763 235
Institutions selling 149 440 138
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.73 1.70

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.

BOOTROSTVSXY
BOOT 1.00 0.30 0.31
ROST 0.30 1.00 0.18
VSXY 0.31 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BOOT, ROST and VSXY?

Ross Stores (ROST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) $3.41B, Ross Stores (ROST) $73.17B, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) $7.48B.

Which stock is cheaper, BOOT, ROST and VSXY?

Victoria's Secret (VSXY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ross Stores (ROST) 27.5x, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) 19.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) is cheapest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 13.3x, Ross Stores (ROST) 29.0x, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) 19.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ross Stores (ROST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ross Stores (ROST) +14.0%, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) +10.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ross Stores (ROST) has the highest net margin (Ross Stores (ROST) 10.8%, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) 5.5%). On return on invested capital, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) leads (Ross Stores (ROST) 33.9%, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) 48.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Victoria's Secret (VSXY) returned the most: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) -42.0%, Ross Stores (ROST) +49.4%, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) +186.3%. Over five years, Ross Stores (ROST) compounded fastest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) +2.6%/yr, Ross Stores (ROST) +16.2%/yr, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) +13.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 0.00%, Ross Stores (ROST) 0.01%, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) 0.00%. Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) and Victoria's Secret (VSXY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ross Stores (ROST) has been the steadiest (Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT) 47.5%, Ross Stores (ROST) 26.1%, Victoria's Secret (VSXY) 70.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BOOT, ROST and VSXY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ross Stores (ROST) leads on 6. 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.