Burlington Stores
BURL · Apparel Retail
$247.63
2.0%Gap
GAP · Apparel Retail
$22.32
2.6%The short version
- Gap is the larger business, with $15.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $11.6B for Burlington Stores.
- Burlington Stores grew revenue faster (8.8%, against 1.9%).
- Gap turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.4% FCF margin, against 1.5% FCF margin).
- Gap earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (36.1%, against 28.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Burlington Stores’s earnings: a P/E of 22.2x against 6.7x for Gap.
| Latest fiscal year | BURL · FY25 | GAP · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $15.8B | $8.1B |
| Revenue | $11.6B | $15.4B |
| Free cash flow | $172M | $823M |
| Net income | $610M | $816M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 8.8% | 1.9% |
| 5-year growth | 15.0% | 2.2% |
| Share count change | −0.7% | 0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 40.8% |
| Operating margin | — | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 5.4% |
| Return on capital | 28.1% | 36.1% |
| Return on equity | 38.4% | 23.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $818M | −$1.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6x | −0.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $278M | $402M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 22.2x | 6.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
BURL $5.6B
GAP $15.5B
FY17
BURL $6.1B
GAP $15.9B
FY18
BURL $6.7B
GAP $16.6B
FY19
BURL $7.3B
GAP $16.4B
FY20
BURL $5.8B
GAP $13.8B
FY21
BURL $9.3B
GAP $16.7B
FY22
BURL $8.7B
GAP $15.6B
FY23
BURL $9.7B
GAP $14.9B
FY24
BURL $10.6B
GAP $15.1B
FY25
BURL $11.6B
GAP $15.4B
BURL
GAP
FY16
BURL —
GAP 7.7%
FY17
BURL —
GAP 9.3%
FY18
BURL —
GAP 8.2%
FY19
BURL —
GAP 3.5%
FY20
BURL —
GAP −6.3%
FY21
BURL —
GAP 4.9%
FY22
BURL —
GAP −0.4%
FY23
BURL —
GAP 3.8%
FY24
BURL —
GAP 7.4%
FY25
BURL —
GAP 7.3%
BURL
GAP
FY16
BURL $428M
GAP $1.2B
FY17
BURL $339M
GAP $649M
FY18
BURL $344M
GAP $676M
FY19
BURL $563M
GAP $709M
FY20
BURL −$54.1M
GAP −$155M
FY21
BURL $481M
GAP $115M
FY22
BURL $149M
GAP −$78.0M
FY23
BURL $376M
GAP $1.1B
FY24
BURL −$17.0M
GAP $1.0B
FY25
BURL $172M
GAP $823M
BURL
GAP
FY16
BURL 22.9%
GAP 26.7%
FY17
BURL 41.3%
GAP 34.8%
FY18
BURL 40.2%
GAP 34.2%
FY19
BURL 43.1%
GAP 12.0%
FY20
BURL −26.3%
GAP −25.5%
FY21
BURL 36.7%
GAP 22.3%
FY22
BURL 20.0%
GAP −1.9%
FY23
BURL 27.0%
GAP 21.5%
FY24
BURL 30.9%
GAP 37.7%
FY25
BURL 28.1%
GAP 36.1%
BURL
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