Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HD scored 47.0, BOOT scored 77.0 — BOOT leads.
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HD
The Home Depot, Inc.
Home Improvement Retail · Quality-Growth
47
$290.74 · $290.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
30.0
BOOT leads
BOOT
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.
Apparel Retail · Quality-Growth
77
$119.96 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBOOT15.4x
Fastest growthBOOT+17.9%
Strongest balance sheetBOOT0.59
Highest qualityHD79 / 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)
HD
stronger →← stronger
BOOT
79
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
73
43
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
89
30
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
71
BOOT is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HD
BOOT
$15.1bA-
FCF
$116mC
+2.5%C
Rev
+17.9%B+
3.80C
D/E
0.59B+
20.3xB
P/E
15.4xB+
1.56C+
PEG
1.44B
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
HD
BOOT
27% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
150% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~38%/yr
-22%
1-yr DCF upside
-66%
-21%
5-yr DCF upside
-60%
-20%
10-yr DCF upside
-50%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HD
Why this score
Durable high returns
BOOT
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
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.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where HD and BOOT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 30.0 points in favor of BOOT. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthHD 43.0 · BOOT 88.9BOOT +45.9
ValueHD 30.3 · BOOT 70.5BOOT +40.2
QualityHD 79.5 · BOOT 72.7HD +6.8
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 HD the better stock?
BOOT scores higher: BOOT 77.0, 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 BOOT and HD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BOOT leads by 46 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 BOOT 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.