At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTILE14.1x
Fastest growthBIRK+16.2%
Strongest balance sheetTILE0.43
Highest qualityTILE77 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BIRK
stronger →← stronger
TILE
60
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
63
72
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
64
BIRK is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BIRK
TILE
$327mC
FCF
$124mC
+16.2%B+
Rev
+6.5%C+
0.69B+
D/E
0.43B+
15.8xB+
P/E
14.1xB+
0.95B+
PEG
0.95B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BIRK
TILE
2% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
72% above
~13%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~19%/yr
-19%
1-yr DCF upside
-43%
-2%
5-yr DCF upside
-42%
+27%
10-yr DCF upside
-41%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BIRK
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
Foreign reporter (EUR)
TILE
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
BIRKBirkenstock Holding plc
Footwear & Accessories · $33.65 · beta 1.30
Why now
Footwear & Accessories · market cap $5.6b. Down 34% from 52-week high of $50.73 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.95 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $50.16 (implying +49% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Down 34% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances · market cap $2.0b. 14% off the 52-week high of $40.50. PEG 0.95 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $45.25 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Beta 2.00 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BIRK and TILE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.0 points in favor of BIRK. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthBIRK 86.6 · TILE 62.6BIRK +24.0
QualityBIRK 59.9 · TILE 76.7TILE +16.8
ValueBIRK 72.3 · TILE 64.0BIRK +8.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is BIRK or TILE the better stock?
BIRK scores higher: BIRK 68.5, TILE 67.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do BIRK and TILE differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BIRK leads by 24 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are BIRK and TILE scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.