Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL) Stock

Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $333.25 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $20.98B and a trailing P/E of 50.6. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Burlington Stores, Inc. is a U.S. retailer of branded apparel and related merchandise, offering categories such as women’s ready-to-wear, menswear, youth apparel, footwear and accessories, plus items including toys, gifts, coats, and baby, home, and beauty products. It operated hundreds of stores under its names across 45 states and Puerto Rico.

Understand Burlington Stores, Inc.: how it makes money

Burlington Stores is a US retailer of branded apparel and fashion-related merchandise, selling categories like women’s, men’s, youth, footwear, accessories, toys, gifts, coats, baby, home, and beauty through its store network, with revenue driven by store sales of those products.

Its profit model is store-based retail, with profitability largely tied to how much it earns on merchandise it sells across its Burlington (837 stores), Cohoes (2 stores), and MJM Designer Shoes (1 store) locations.

Business quality (Mixed): The business is a broad assortment apparel retailer with a large physical store footprint, and the latest reported results show low operating margin (5.0%), suggesting earnings are sensitive to merchandise performance and store-level cost discipline.

Valuation: At 35× earnings, BURL trades 82% above the Retail average (19×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Wide merchandise assortment: It sells multiple apparel and fashion-related categories, including women’s, men’s, youth apparel, footwear, accessories, toys, gifts, coats, and also baby, home, and beauty products.
Large US store footprint: As of January 29, 2022, it operated 837 Burlington Stores locations, plus Cohoes Fashions and MJM Designer Shoes stores, across 45 states and Puerto Rico.
Gross margin level: The latest reported gross margin is 44.2%.

Bear case

Low operating margin: The latest reported operating margin is 5.0%, which can mean less room for error if sales or costs deteriorate.
Consumer discretionary exposure: Because it sells branded apparel and fashion-related products, demand can be influenced by changes in consumer spending patterns.
Fixed, location-based operations: With a primarily store-based model, ongoing store operating costs can pressure results if store traffic or merchandise performance weakens.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$333.25
Market Cap	$20.98B
P/E Ratio	50.6
EV / EBITDA	21.7
Price / Book	11.42
Price / Sales	1.95
FCF Yield	-7.9%
DCF Value (model)	$202.58
DCF Upside vs Price	-39.2%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$11.57B
Net Margin	5.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	8.8%
EPS Growth (YoY)	22.5%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-1108.9%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	3.34 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score	7/9 (strong)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	50.6
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)	20.5
Industry P/E (Retail)	19.5
vs Sector	147.1%
vs Industry	159.2%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock, Inc. ($2.13B)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10
Congressional Trades (recent)	5

Company
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industry	Retail
CEO	Michael O'Sullivan
Employees	17,057
Country	US
IPO Date	2013-10-02

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.