BJ's Wholesale Club
BJ · Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
$105.84
0.7%Altria
MO · Tobacco
$74.31
2.3%The short version
- Altria is the larger business, with $23.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $21.5B for BJ's Wholesale Club.
- BJ's Wholesale Club grew revenue faster (4.7%, against −3.1%).
- Altria kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (42.5% operating margin, against 3.8% operating margin).
- Altria turned more of its sales into free cash flow (39.0% FCF margin, against 1.5% FCF margin).
- Altria earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (39.2%, against 23.7%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of BJ's Wholesale Club’s earnings: a P/E of 23.2x against 15.6x for Altria.
| Latest fiscal year | BJ · FY25 | MO · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $13.5B | $124.1B |
| Revenue | $21.5B | $23.3B |
| Free cash flow | $328M | $9.1B |
| Net income | $578M | $6.9B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.7% | −3.1% |
| 5-year growth | 6.8% | −2.3% |
| Share count change | −1.2% | −2.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 62.5% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 42.5% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 29.8% |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 39.0% |
| Return on capital | 23.7% | 39.2% |
| Return on equity | 28.6% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $523M | $21.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5x | 2.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $287M | $8.0B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 23.2x | 15.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 7 |
FY16
BJ $12.4B
MO $25.7B
FY17
BJ $12.8B
MO $25.6B
FY18
BJ $13.0B
MO $25.4B
FY19
BJ $13.2B
MO $25.1B
FY20
BJ $15.4B
MO $26.2B
FY21
BJ $16.7B
MO $26.0B
FY22
BJ $19.3B
MO $25.1B
FY23
BJ $20.0B
MO $24.5B
FY24
BJ $20.5B
MO $24.0B
FY25
BJ $21.5B
MO $23.3B
BJ
MO
FY16
BJ 1.8%
MO 34.0%
FY17
BJ 1.7%
MO 37.5%
FY18
BJ 2.3%
MO 35.9%
FY19
BJ 2.7%
MO 41.1%
FY20
BJ 4.2%
MO 41.6%
FY21
BJ 3.7%
MO 44.4%
FY22
BJ 3.8%
MO 47.5%
FY23
BJ 4.0%
MO 47.2%
FY24
BJ 3.8%
MO 46.8%
FY25
BJ 3.8%
MO 42.5%
BJ
MO
FY16
BJ $183M
MO $3.6B
FY17
BJ $72.6M
MO $4.7B
FY18
BJ $281M
MO $8.2B
FY19
BJ $158M
MO $7.6B
FY20
BJ $650M
MO $8.2B
FY21
BJ $508M
MO $8.2B
FY22
BJ $390M
MO $8.1B
FY23
BJ $252M
MO $9.1B
FY24
BJ $313M
MO $8.6B
FY25
BJ $328M
MO $9.1B
BJ
MO
FY16
BJ —
MO 32.2%
FY17
BJ —
MO 38.3%
FY18
BJ 17.3%
MO 20.2%
FY19
BJ 17.0%
MO 14.5%
FY20
BJ 32.2%
MO 23.6%
FY21
BJ 34.2%
MO 30.3%
FY22
BJ 33.8%
MO 45.8%
FY23
BJ 28.1%
MO 45.5%
FY24
BJ 24.9%
MO 48.0%
FY25
BJ 23.7%
MO 39.2%
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