Dick's Sporting Goods
DKS · Specialty Stores
$144.67
2.8%Five Below
FIVE · Specialty Stores
$223.24
1.2%The short version
- Dick's Sporting Goods is the larger business, with $17.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.8B for Five Below, about 3.6 times as much.
- Dick's Sporting Goods grew revenue faster (28.1%, against 22.9%).
- Five Below kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (9.6% operating margin, against 6.4% operating margin).
- Five Below turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.6% FCF margin, against 2.3% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Five Below’s earnings: a P/E of 20.0x against 15.7x for Dick's Sporting Goods.
| Latest fiscal year | DKS · FY25 | FIVE · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $13.0B | $12.4B |
| Revenue | $17.2B | $4.8B |
| Free cash flow | $400M | $412M |
| Net income | $849M | $359M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 28.1% | 22.9% |
| 5-year growth | 12.4% | 19.4% |
| Share count change | 2.7% | 0.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 7.5% |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | 8.6% |
| Return on capital | — | 26.9% |
| Return on equity | 19.4% | 17.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | −$932M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | −1.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $761M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 15.7x | 20.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 7 |
FY16
DKS $7.9B
FIVE $1.0B
FY17
DKS $8.6B
FIVE $1.3B
FY18
DKS $8.4B
FIVE $1.6B
FY19
DKS $8.8B
FIVE $1.8B
FY20
DKS $9.6B
FIVE $2.0B
FY21
DKS $12.3B
FIVE $2.8B
FY22
DKS $12.4B
FIVE $3.1B
FY23
DKS $13.0B
FIVE $3.6B
FY24
DKS $13.4B
FIVE $3.9B
FY25
DKS $17.2B
FIVE $4.8B
DKS
FIVE
FY16
DKS 5.7%
FIVE 11.4%
FY17
DKS 5.6%
FIVE 12.3%
FY18
DKS 5.3%
FIVE 12.0%
FY19
DKS 4.3%
FIVE 11.8%
FY20
DKS 7.7%
FIVE 7.9%
FY21
DKS 16.6%
FIVE 13.3%
FY22
DKS 11.8%
FIVE 11.2%
FY23
DKS 9.9%
FIVE 10.8%
FY24
DKS 11.0%
FIVE 8.4%
FY25
DKS 6.4%
FIVE 9.6%
DKS
FIVE
FY16
DKS $347M
FIVE $61.8M
FY17
DKS $272M
FIVE $99.6M
FY18
DKS $515M
FIVE $70.4M
FY19
DKS $187M
FIVE −$25.3M
FY20
DKS $1.3B
FIVE $166M
FY21
DKS $1.3B
FIVE $39.8M
FY22
DKS $558M
FIVE $63.0M
FY23
DKS $940M
FIVE $165M
FY24
DKS $509M
FIVE $107M
FY25
DKS $400M
FIVE $412M
DKS
FIVE
FY16
DKS —
FIVE 44.4%
FY17
DKS —
FIVE 51.9%
FY18
DKS —
FIVE 59.4%
FY19
DKS —
FIVE 44.3%
FY20
DKS —
FIVE 25.7%
FY21
DKS —
FIVE 46.2%
FY22
DKS —
FIVE 29.8%
FY23
DKS —
FIVE 27.7%
FY24
DKS —
FIVE 20.2%
FY25
DKS —
FIVE 26.9%
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