Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: BURL stock price vs KR: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at KR's multiple
Needs KR P/E.
Implied fair value · at BURL's multiple
Needs BURL P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: BURL FY 2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026) · KR FY 2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026).
Trendline
Five fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
BURLINGTON STORES, INC. · implied price per share
Bear
$88.04
Base
$103.58
Bull
$119.11
KROGER CO · implied price per share
Bear
-$80.53
Base
-$94.75
Bull
-$108.96
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.79x
2.91x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
0.15x
4.82x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$1.23B
$3.33B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$1.43B
$17.24B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe BURL can sustain its 8.8% revenue growth and 11.0% EBITDA margin without multiple compression, then hold or selectively accumulate because its balance sheet is cleaner than KR’s and its valuation is only modestly below the P/E-implied price.
BURL’s current price of $368.61 is only 4.7% below the P/E-implied value of $351.13, suggesting the stock is trading close to fair value on this framework. However, the historical band of $331.75-$405.47 shows BURL is still within a normal trading range, while the DCF range of $90.50-$122.45 is far below the current price, indicating a very wide divergence between market pricing and intrinsic-value estimates.
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