Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BJ scored 52.8, TGT scored 46.7 — BJ leads.
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BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
Discount Stores · Quality-Growth
52.8
$98.58 · $12.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.1
BJ leads
TGT
Target Corporation
Discount Stores · Quality-Growth
46.7
$153.64 · $69.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTGT16.1x
Fastest growthBJ+4.7%
Strongest balance sheetTGT1.08
Highest qualityBJ76 / 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)
BJ
stronger →← stronger
TGT
76
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
69
55
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
47
35
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
32
BJ is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BJ
TGT
$358mC
FCF
$4.5bB
+4.7%C+
Rev
+2.0%C
1.26C+
D/E
1.08C+
21.6xB
P/E
16.1xB+
2.15C
PEG
2.12C
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
BJ
TGT
120% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
8% above
~25%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~5%/yr
-56%
1-yr DCF upside
-6%
-55%
5-yr DCF upside
-8%
-52%
10-yr DCF upside
-11%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BJ
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
TGT
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
BJBJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
Discount Stores · $98.58 · beta 0.17
Why now
Discount Stores · market cap $12.5b. 7% off the 52-week high of $105.78. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $105.80 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
ROE 28% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Net margin 2.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
TGTTarget Corporation
Discount Stores · $153.64 · beta 0.98
Why now
Discount Stores · market cap $69.8b. 10% off the 52-week high of $170.75. 34 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $164.68 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
ROE 25% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 101% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $69.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Net margin 4.1% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BJ and TGT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.1 points in favor of BJ. The widest single difference is Growth, where BJ leads by 8.3 points.
GrowthBJ 54.8 · TGT 46.5BJ +8.3
QualityBJ 76.1 · TGT 69.4BJ +6.7
ValueBJ 35.3 · TGT 31.6BJ +3.7
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 BJ or TGT the better stock?
BJ scores higher: BJ 52.8, TGT 46.7 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 BJ and TGT differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BJ leads by 8 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. BJ leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are BJ and TGT 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.