Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BOOT scored 77.0, DKS scored 49.4 — BOOT leads.
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BOOT
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
77
$119.96 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
27.6
BOOT leads
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
Specialty Retail · Quality-Growth
49.4
$136.65 · $13.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDKS14.8x
Fastest growthDKS+28.1%
Strongest balance sheetBOOT0.59
Highest qualityBOOT73 / 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)
BOOT
stronger →← stronger
DKS
73
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
67
89
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
73
71
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
25
BOOT is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BOOT
DKS
$116mC
FCF
$239mC
+17.9%B+
Rev
+28.1%A-
0.59B+
D/E
1.39C+
15.4xB+
P/E
14.8xB+
1.44B
PEG
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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
BOOT
DKS
150% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
238% above
~38%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~41%/yr
-66%
1-yr DCF upside
-73%
-60%
5-yr DCF upside
-70%
-50%
10-yr DCF upside
-65%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BOOT
Why this score
Durable high returns
DKS
Why this score
Durable high returns
Diluting shareholders
The companies
BOOTBoot Barn Holdings, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $119.96 · beta 1.76
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $3.6b. Down 43% from 52-week high of $210.25 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +18%, comfortably above the S&P median. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $217.00 (implying +81% upside).
Moat
ROE 19% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Down 43% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.76 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
DKSDICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
Specialty Retail · $136.65 · beta 1.10
Why now
Specialty Retail · market cap $13.5b. Down 44% from 52-week high of $244.38 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +28% — in hypergrowth territory. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $157.96 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Down 44% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 4.0% 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 BOOT and DKS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.6 points in favor of BOOT. The widest single difference is Value, where BOOT leads by 46.0 points.
ValueBOOT 70.5 · DKS 24.5BOOT +46.0
GrowthBOOT 88.9 · DKS 72.9BOOT +16.0
QualityBOOT 72.7 · DKS 67.2BOOT +5.5
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 BOOT or DKS the better stock?
BOOT scores higher: BOOT 77.0, DKS 49.4 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 BOOT and DKS differ most?
The widest gap is value, where BOOT leads by 46 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. BOOT leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are BOOT and DKS 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.