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

Shares of Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE:BURL) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nineteen analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and thirteen have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $364.3750.

Several brokerages have issued reports on BURL. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Burlington Stores from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of Burlington Stores from $400.00 to $375.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 29th. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Burlington Stores from $365.00 to $411.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on Burlington Stores from $365.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on Burlington Stores from $367.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th.

Insider Activity

In related news, CAO Stephen Ferroni sold 2,343 shares of Burlington Stores stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.22, for a total value of $790,106.46. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 1,391 shares in the company, valued at $469,073.02. This trade represents a 62.75% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Matthew Pasch sold 3,773 shares of Burlington Stores stock in a transaction on Friday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $317.21, for a total transaction of $1,196,833.33. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 6,523 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,069,160.83. This trade represents a 36.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 30,392 shares of company stock valued at $10,280,271. Company insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Burlington Stores

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Burlington Stores in the second quarter valued at about $2,157,518,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 1,912,305 shares in the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new position in Burlington Stores during the second quarter worth about $283,228,000. Primecap Management Co. CA acquired a new stake in Burlington Stores in the second quarter valued at about $266,416,000. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Burlington Stores in the fourth quarter valued at about $224,971,000.

Burlington Stores Price Performance

BURL stock opened at $347.79 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $21.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.74, a PEG ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.44. Burlington Stores has a twelve month low of $240.49 and a twelve month high of $378.33. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $341.53 and a 200-day simple moving average of $323.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.03.

Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The company reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.80 by $0.21. Burlington Stores had a net margin of 5.24% and a return on equity of 39.93%. The business had revenue of $2.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.60 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.1% on a year-over-year basis. Burlington Stores has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.050-2.200 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 11.450-11.800 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Burlington Stores will post 11.74 EPS for the current year.

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.