Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE:BURL) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE:BURL) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the twenty brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and fifteen have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $335.9375.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on BURL shares. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Burlington Stores from $330.00 to $310.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Burlington Stores in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Evercore dropped their price objective on shares of Burlington Stores from $370.00 to $335.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Gordon Haskett downgraded shares of Burlington Stores from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Burlington Stores in a report on Wednesday, November 26th.

Burlington Stores Stock Performance

NYSE:BURL opened at $314.99 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $19.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.74. Burlington Stores has a twelve month low of $212.92 and a twelve month high of $332.20. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $297.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $281.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.32.

Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.09. Burlington Stores had a net margin of 5.01% and a return on equity of 41.02%. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.74 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.55 EPS. Burlington Stores’s revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Burlington Stores has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 4.500-4.70 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 9.690-9.890 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Burlington Stores will post 7.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Burlington Stores by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,782,201 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,726,070,000 after purchasing an additional 232,358 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Burlington Stores by 15.8% in the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,828,877 shares of the company’s stock valued at $817,122,000 after buying an additional 386,615 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its position in Burlington Stores by 1.2% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,184,171 shares of the company’s stock valued at $555,872,000 after buying an additional 26,529 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in Burlington Stores by 303,059.4% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,912,936 shares of the company’s stock worth $552,552,000 after buying an additional 1,912,305 shares during the period. Finally, SRS Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Burlington Stores by 15.9% during the second quarter. SRS Investment Management LLC now owns 1,472,137 shares of the company’s stock worth $342,478,000 after buying an additional 201,716 shares during the period.

Burlington Stores Company Profile

Burlington Stores, Inc is an American off-price retailer that sells apparel and home goods at discounted prices. The company’s merchandise assortment includes clothing for women, men and children, plus baby products, footwear, accessories, beauty items, toys and home décor. Burlington’s merchandising strategy focuses on offering branded and private-label goods at lower prices than traditional department stores by sourcing excess inventory, closeouts and opportunistic buys from manufacturers and other retailers.

The business traces its roots to the Burlington Coat Factory name established in the early 1970s and has since evolved into a broader off-price retailer that carries a wide range of seasonal and everyday merchandise.