Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FIVE scored 83.0, HD scored 47.0 — FIVE leads.
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FIVE
Five Below, Inc.
Specialty Retail · Quality-Growth
83
$214.73 · $11.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
36.0
FIVE leads
HD
The Home Depot, Inc.
Home Improvement Retail · Quality-Growth
47
$290.74 · $290.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestFIVE19.2x
Fastest growthFIVE+22.9%
Strongest balance sheetFIVE0.82
Highest qualityHD79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueFIVE-9%
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)
FIVE
stronger →← stronger
HD
78
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
79
94
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
43
78
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
30
FIVE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FIVE
HD
$599mC+
FCF
$15.1bA-
+22.9%A-
Rev
+2.5%C
0.82B
D/E
3.80C
19.2xB
P/E
20.3xB
0.98B+
PEG
1.56C+
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
FIVE
HD
9% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
27% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~10%/yr
-9%
1-yr DCF upside
-22%
+10%
5-yr DCF upside
-21%
+47%
10-yr DCF upside
-20%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
FIVE
Why this score
Durable high returns
HD
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
FIVEFive Below, Inc.
Specialty Retail · $214.73 · beta 0.94
Why now
Specialty Retail · market cap $11.8b. 19% off the 52-week high of $263.88. Revenue growing +23%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.98 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $310.48 (implying +45% upside).
Moat
ROE 28% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 97% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
HDThe Home Depot, Inc.
Home Improvement Retail · $290.74 · beta 1.00
Why now
Home Improvement Retail · market cap $290.1b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $397.63 — deep drawdown territory. 32 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $378.34 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
ROE 86% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 106% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $290.1b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
D/E 3.80 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where FIVE and HD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 36.0 points in favor of FIVE. The widest single difference is Growth, where FIVE leads by 50.8 points.
GrowthFIVE 93.8 · HD 43.0FIVE +50.8
ValueFIVE 77.7 · HD 30.3FIVE +47.4
QualityFIVE 78.3 · HD 79.5level
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 FIVE or HD the better stock?
FIVE scores higher: FIVE 83.0, HD 47.0 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 FIVE and HD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where FIVE leads by 51 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. FIVE also leads value, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are FIVE and HD 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.