Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FIVE scored 83.0, ROST scored 64.8 — FIVE leads.
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FIVE
Five Below, Inc.
Specialty Retail · Quality-Growth
83
$214.73 · $11.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
18.2
FIVE leads
ROST
Ross Stores, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
64.8
$222.41 · $71.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestFIVE19.2x
Fastest growthFIVE+22.9%
Strongest balance sheetROST0.70
Highest qualityROST83 / 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
ROST
78
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
94
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
84
78
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
39
FIVE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FIVE
ROST
$599mC+
FCF
$2.8bB
+22.9%A-
Rev
+14.0%B+
0.82B
D/E
0.70B+
19.2xB
P/E
27.2xC
0.98B+
PEG
2.07C
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
ROST
9% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
23% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~14%/yr
-9%
1-yr DCF upside
-28%
+10%
5-yr DCF upside
-19%
+47%
10-yr DCF upside
-4%
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
ROST
Why this score
Raising its dividend
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.
ROSTRoss Stores, Inc.
Apparel Retail · $222.41 · beta 0.84
Why now
Apparel Retail · market cap $71.3b. 13% off the 52-week high of $257.00. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $270.56 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
ROE 39% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 105% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $71.3b 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
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where FIVE and ROST diverge
On the headline score the gap is 18.2 points in favor of FIVE. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueFIVE 77.7 · ROST 39.0FIVE +38.7
GrowthFIVE 93.8 · ROST 83.7FIVE +10.1
QualityFIVE 78.3 · ROST 83.2ROST +4.9
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 ROST the better stock?
FIVE scores higher: FIVE 83.0, ROST 64.8 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 ROST differ most?
The widest gap is value, where FIVE leads by 39 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 FIVE and ROST 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.