FIVE vs HOUR vs DG Stock Comparison

Five Below, Hour Loop and Dollar General Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FIVE Five Below, Inc
$223.24 -1.8% 1M +42.1% 1Y
Market cap
$12.67B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.31B
Div. yield
–
Broadline Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
HOUR Hour Loop, Inc
$1.64 -5.2% 1M -23.0% 1Y
Market cap
$56.31M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Online Retail Consumer Discretionary
DG Dollar General Corp
$132.70 +10.1% 1M +28.8% 1Y
Market cap
$28.31B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$43.64B
Div. yield
0.02%
Discount Stores Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Five Below leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Five Below 6, Dollar General 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFIVEHOURDGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.67B $56.31M $28.31B DG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.5x — 16.6x DG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.1x — 16.4x DG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +25.6% — +4.8% FIVE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.7% — 3.9% FIVE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.7% — 13.6% FIVE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +42.1% -23.0% +28.8% FIVE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.0%/yr — -9.6%/yr FIVE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.4% 63.5% 37.9% DG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 — 66/100 FIVE

Percentile Scorecard

FIVEHOURDG

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

AxisFIVEHOURDG
Valuation 40 #63 of 104 – 67 #14 of 40
Growth 98 #3 of 99 – 62 #15 of 38
Profitability 89 #12 of 99 – 81 #8 of 37
Financial Health 89 #13 of 113 – 59 #17 of 40
Shareholder Returns 17 #61 of 73 – 59 #12 of 28
Overall 67 – 66
  • FIVE ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • HOUR ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • DG ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFIVEHOURDGSPY
1 month -1.8%-5.2%+10.1% -1.0%
3 months +9.9%-12.3%+13.2% +2.9%
6 months -4.6%-20.4%+9.9% +6.4%
Year to date +18.5%-8.9%-0.1% +11.4%
1 year +42.1%-23.0%+28.8% +13.1%
3 years +26.0%+17.1%+13.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +8.0%+5.4%+4.4% +21.5%
5 years +15.8%—-39.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.0%—-9.6% +10.9%
10 years +500.3%—+95.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +19.6%—+6.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureFIVEHOURDGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.4%63.5%37.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.1%58.1%36.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.780.910.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.10-0.360.76 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.5%-89.5%-73.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.0%-38.3%-15.1% -2.5%
52-week high $262.72$2.66$156.24 $779.14
52-week low $147.05$1.54$95.94 $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.

MultipleFIVEHOURDG
P/E now vs peer median 19.9xmedian 16.7x —median 16.7x 17.2xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 0.5x —median 0.5x 0.7xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 9.1x —median 9.1x 9.2xmedian 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 16.6x —median 16.6x 14.6xmedian 17.8x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.7x —median 1.7x 3.2xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.62median 0.73 —median 0.73 -2.16median 1.06

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 monthsFIVEHOURDG
Revenue $5.31B – $43.64B
Gross profit $2.14B – $13.60B
Operating income $783.78M – $2.44B
Net income $619.18M – $1.70B
Free cash flow $599.25M – $2.01B
EPS (diluted) $11.16 – $7.69
Cash & equivalents $561.08M – $1.59B
Total debt – – $4.57B
Shares (diluted) 55.47M 35.19M 221.51M
Enterprise value $8.92B $56.31M $22.99B

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
MetricFIVEHOURDG
P/E 19.9x – 17.2x
P/FCF 20.5x – 14.6x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x – 8.8x
P/S 2.3x – 0.7x
P/B 5.0x – 3.2x
P/Tangible book 5.0x – 3.6x
EV/EBITDA 11.3x – 9.2x
EV/EBIT 14.2x – 13.2x
EV/Revenue 2.1x – 0.7x
EV/FCF 18.5x – 16.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.8x – 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.62 – -2.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFIVEHOURDG
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.6% – 4.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.8% – 4.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 44.2% – 8.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 22.6% – 4.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 124.3% – 36.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.1% – -7.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 126.8% – 43.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 31.6% – -7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 126.4% – 42.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.8% – -7.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 43.8% – 5.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.4% – 23.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 73.6% – 8.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.5% – 178.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFIVEHOURDG
Gross margin 40.3% – 31.2%
EBITDA margin 18.5% – 8.1%
Operating margin 14.7% – 5.6%
Pretax margin 15.4% – 5.1%
Net margin 11.7% – 3.9%
FCF margin 11.3% – 4.6%
Operating cash flow margin 15.1% – 7.6%
Return on equity 25.9% – 18.8%
Return on assets 12.0% – 5.3%
Return on invested capital 24.7% – 13.6%
Return on capital employed 18.8% – 9.9%
Asset turnover 1.0x – 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x – 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFIVEHOURDG
Debt / assets – – 14.2%
Debt / equity – – 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.8x
Debt / FCF – – 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 53.1% – 71.1%
Equity / assets 46.9% – 28.9%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.2x – 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x – 0.2x
Cash ratio 1.2x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score 5.03 – 2.65

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFIVEHOURDG
Dividend yield – – 1.8%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% – 1.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 30.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 25.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.1%

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.

ConsensusFIVEHOURDG
Forward P/E 21.1xFY2026 – 16.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.58FY2026 – $8.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +58.6%FY2026 – +18.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.6% – +5.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.47BFY2026 – $43.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.0%FY2026 – +0.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.9% – +1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFIVEHOURDG
Held by institutions 100.0% – 98.1%
Institutions holding 605 – 1,130
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% – -0.1%
Institutions buying 288 – 538
Institutions selling 245 – 421
Buyers to sellers 1.18 – 1.28

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.

FIVEHOURDG
FIVE 1.00 0.10 0.35
HOUR 0.10 1.00 0.11
DG 0.35 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FIVE, HOUR and DG?

Dollar General (DG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Five Below (FIVE) $12.67B, Hour Loop (HOUR) $56.31M, Dollar General (DG) $28.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, FIVE, HOUR and DG?

Dollar General (DG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Five Below (FIVE) 20.5x, Dollar General (DG) 16.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dollar General (DG) is cheapest (Five Below (FIVE) 21.1x, Dollar General (DG) 16.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Five Below (FIVE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Five Below (FIVE) +25.6%, Dollar General (DG) +4.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Five Below (FIVE) has the highest net margin (Five Below (FIVE) 11.7%, Dollar General (DG) 3.9%). On return on invested capital, Five Below (FIVE) leads (Five Below (FIVE) 24.7%, Dollar General (DG) 13.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Five Below (FIVE) returned the most: Five Below (FIVE) +42.1%, Hour Loop (HOUR) -23.0%, Dollar General (DG) +28.8%. Over five years, Five Below (FIVE) compounded fastest (Five Below (FIVE) +3.0%/yr, Dollar General (DG) -9.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Five Below (FIVE) 0.00%, Hour Loop (HOUR) 0.00%, Dollar General (DG) 0.02%. Five Below (FIVE) and Hour Loop (HOUR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dollar General (DG) has been the steadiest (Five Below (FIVE) 38.4%, Hour Loop (HOUR) 63.5%, Dollar General (DG) 37.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FIVE, HOUR and DG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Five Below (FIVE) 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.