BURL vs CMI vs HD Stock Comparison

Burlington Stores, Cummins and Home Depot Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BURL Burlington Stores, Inc.
$241.23 -5.3% 1M -10.3% 1Y
Market cap
$15.08B
P/E
21.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.22B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Retail Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
CMI Cummins Inc
$521.78 -0.7% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$73.27B
P/E
27.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.71B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
HD Home Depot, Inc.
$319.37 +8.9% 1M -17.4% 1Y
Market cap
$317.53B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$169.18B
Div. yield
0.03%
Home Improvement Retail Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cummins leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cummins 5, Home Depot 4, Burlington Stores 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBURLCMIHDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.08B $73.27B $317.53B HD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.1x 27.0x 22.3x BURL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.4x 16.6x 22.8x CMI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +2.9% +2.5% BURL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.8% 7.8% 8.4% HD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 20.1% 13.6% 23.3% HD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 0.7x 2.0x CMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -10.3% +23.8% -17.4% CMI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.3%/yr +17.3%/yr -3.0%/yr CMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.6% 37.2% 26.9% HD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 60/100 40/100 CMI

Percentile Scorecard

BURLCMIHD

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

AxisBURLCMIHD
Valuation 38 #65 of 104 51 #101 of 203 20 #83 of 104
Growth 93 #8 of 99 54 #87 of 187 29 #71 of 99
Profitability 79 #22 of 99 71 #54 of 185 90 #11 of 99
Financial Health 42 #66 of 113 51 #107 of 219 31 #78 of 113
Shareholder Returns 44 #41 of 73 72 #44 of 153 32 #50 of 73
Overall 59 60 40
  • BURL ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • CMI ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HD ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBURLCMIHDSPY
1 month -5.3%-0.7%+8.9% -0.8%
3 months -32.6%-21.1%-5.0% +3.5%
6 months -26.1%-21.0%-3.9% +7.0%
Year to date -16.5%+2.2%-7.2% +12.2%
1 year -10.3%+23.8%-17.4% +13.0%
3 years +107.2%+142.4%+15.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +27.5%+34.4%+4.9% +23.1%
5 years -11.2%+122.2%-14.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -2.3%+17.3%-3.0% +11.0%
10 years +224.3%+312.4%+160.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +12.5%+15.2%+10.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBURLCMIHDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.6%37.2%26.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.4%38.0%26.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.751.640.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.250.64-0.65 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -63.3%-30.8%-35.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.2%-28.3%-18.3% -1.8%
52-week high $372.18$727.59$391.05 $779.14
52-week low $232.24$414.30$281.12 $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.

MultipleBURLCMIHD
P/E now vs peer median 21.2xmedian 16.7x 26.5xmedian 26.0x 22.3xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.5x 2.1xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 9.0x 15.0xmedian 14.0x 14.6xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.7xmedian 16.5x 21.3xmedian 21.4x 21.1xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 1.7x 5.2xmedian 2.2x 19.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.53median 0.72 8.26median 1.26 -5.47median 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 monthsBURLCMIHD
Revenue $12.22B $34.71B $169.18B
Gross profit $5.45B $8.79B $56.18B
Operating income $1.01B $3.89B $21.02B
Net income $714.18M $2.83B $14.23B
Free cash flow $412.54M $3.37B $15.10B
R&D – $1.44B –
EPS (diluted) $11.18 $19.60 $14.28
Cash & equivalents $703.69M $3.18B $2.09B
Total debt $1.91B $7.35B $214.74B
Shares (diluted) 63.90M 138.50M 996.00M
Enterprise value $11.81B $69.34B $310.77B

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
MetricBURLCMIHD
P/E 21.2x 26.5x 22.3x
P/FCF 36.7x 21.3x 21.1x
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x 15.5x 17.0x
P/S 1.2x 2.1x 1.9x
P/B 7.6x 5.2x 19.2x
P/Tangible book 8.6x 6.1x 52.0x
EV/EBITDA 11.2x 15.0x 14.6x
EV/EBIT 16.1x 19.3x 17.6x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 2.2x 2.2x
EV/FCF 39.7x 22.4x 24.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.6x 16.2x 19.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.53 8.26 -5.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBURLCMIHD
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 2.9% 2.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.3% 2.5% 3.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.3% 1.7% 2.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 4.8% 2.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.6% -6.0% -2.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 41.4% 4.1% -3.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 30.7% -7.8% -2.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 39.1% 2.9% -4.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 30.7% -7.7% -2.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 39.9% 3.2% -4.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 76.0% 63.4% 5.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.0% 28.8% -1.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 235.2% 103.8% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 45.3% -2.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBURLCMIHD
Gross margin 44.6% 25.3% 33.2%
EBITDA margin 12.0% 14.4% 15.0%
Operating margin 8.3% 11.2% 12.4%
Pretax margin 7.7% 11.1% 11.1%
Net margin 5.8% 7.8% 8.4%
FCF margin 3.4% 9.7% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 11.6% 13.4% 11.1%
Return on equity 37.2% 20.7% 93.3%
Return on assets 7.2% 8.1% 13.1%
Return on invested capital 20.1% 13.6% 23.3%
Return on capital employed 13.2% 16.0% 28.5%
Asset turnover 1.2x 1.0x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBURLCMIHD
Debt / assets 19.1% 20.6% 48.4%
Debt / equity 1.0x 0.5x 3.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 0.7x 2.0x
Debt / FCF 4.6x 2.2x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 80.1% 61.0% 84.8%
Equity / assets 19.9% 39.0% 15.2%
Interest coverage 13.7x 12.1x 8.7x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.7x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.0x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.06 4.51 5.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBURLCMIHD
Dividend yield – 1.6% 2.9%
Net buyback yield 1.9% 0.7% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 2.2% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 64.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 61.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 2.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%

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.

ConsensusBURLCMIHD
Forward P/E 21.4xFY2026 16.6xFY2026 22.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.29FY2026 $31.39FY2026 $13.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.7%FY2026 +31.9%FY2026 -4.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.7% +14.7% +10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.22BFY2026 $35.38BFY2026 $163.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.8%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.9% +11.3% +14.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBURLCMIHD
Held by institutions 100.0% 85.4% 75.0%
Institutions holding 653 2,105 4,107
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% +1.0% +3.1%
Institutions buying 367 1,048 1,917
Institutions selling 215 728 1,766
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.44 1.09

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.

BURLCMIHD
BURL 1.00 0.12 0.21
CMI 0.12 1.00 0.17
HD 0.21 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BURL, CMI and HD?

Home Depot (HD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Burlington Stores (BURL) $15.08B, Cummins (CMI) $73.27B, Home Depot (HD) $317.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, BURL, CMI and HD?

Burlington Stores (BURL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Burlington Stores (BURL) 21.1x, Cummins (CMI) 27.0x, Home Depot (HD) 22.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cummins (CMI) is cheapest (Burlington Stores (BURL) 21.4x, Cummins (CMI) 16.6x, Home Depot (HD) 22.8x). 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%, Cummins (CMI) +2.9%, Home Depot (HD) +2.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Home Depot (HD) has the highest net margin (Burlington Stores (BURL) 5.8%, Cummins (CMI) 7.8%, Home Depot (HD) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, Home Depot (HD) leads (Burlington Stores (BURL) 20.1%, Cummins (CMI) 13.6%, Home Depot (HD) 23.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cummins (CMI) returned the most: Burlington Stores (BURL) -10.3%, Cummins (CMI) +23.8%, Home Depot (HD) -17.4%. Over five years, Cummins (CMI) compounded fastest (Burlington Stores (BURL) -2.3%/yr, Cummins (CMI) +17.3%/yr, Home Depot (HD) -3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Burlington Stores (BURL) 0.00%, Cummins (CMI) 0.00%, Home Depot (HD) 0.03%. Burlington Stores (BURL) and Cummins (CMI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Home Depot (HD) has been the steadiest (Burlington Stores (BURL) 40.6%, Cummins (CMI) 37.2%, Home Depot (HD) 26.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BURL, CMI and HD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cummins (CMI) leads on 5. 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.