Dick's Sporting Goods vs Signet Jewelers
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I put Dick's Sporting Goods and Signet Jewelers side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Dick's Sporting Goods is the larger business, with $17.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $6.8B for Signet Jewelers, about 2.5 times as much.
- Dick's Sporting Goods grew revenue faster (28.1%, against 1.6%).
- Dick's Sporting Goods kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.4% operating margin, against 5.8%).
- Signet Jewelers turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.7% FCF margin, against 2.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Dick's Sporting Goods’s earnings: a P/E of 15.7x against 13.3x for Signet Jewelers.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 8 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Dick's Sporting Goods
DKS
5/8
Revenue growth5-year growthOperating marginNet marginReturn on equity
Signet Jewelers
SIG
3/8
Gross marginFCF marginShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | DKS FY25 | SIG FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $13.0B | $4.5B |
| Revenue | $17.2B | $6.8B |
| Free cash flow | $400M | $525M |
| Net income | $849M | $294M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 28.1% | 1.6% |
| 5-year growth | 12.4% | 5.5% |
| Share count change | 2.7% | −5.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 39.6% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | 7.7% |
| Return on capital | — | 24.9% |
| Return on equity | 19.4% | 15.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | −$875M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | −1.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $761M | $257M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 15.7x | 13.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 8 |
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Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.