Big Lots
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2026 – 2027)

20262026202620272027
Price/Earnings ratio
1.34-0.05-0.04-0.11-0.10
Price/Sales ratio
0.000.000.000.000.00
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.37$-8.47$-10.77$-4.19$-4.81

Historical Multiples (2010 – 2022)

2010 2011 2012 2016 2017 2019 2020 2022 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
14.1314.4914.4613.7114.438.144.377.33-0.2414.43
Price/Sales ratio
0.590.650.570.370.420.240.190.210.020.42
Price/Book Value ratio
2.823.403.632.713.381.841.251.290.353.38
Price/Cash Flow ratio
7.2210.229.405.727.075.463.136.73-0.427.07
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
9.0415.5216.009.059.92-8.9414.3939.58-0.349.92
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.470.862.590.380.75-0.610.07-0.100.000.75
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/A1.96%1.74%3.95%4.55%3.19%7.77%1.96%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
40.60%40.63%39.79%39.82%40.37%40.50%39.72%38.97%35.24%40.37%
Operating Profit Margin
6.87%7.21%6.64%4.54%4.76%4.17%2.92%3.89%-7.68%4.76%
Pretax Profit Margin
6.83%7.17%6.57%4.37%4.69%3.96%5.96%3.76%-8.54%4.69%
Net Profit Margin
4.23%4.49%3.98%2.75%2.93%2.99%4.55%2.89%-9.59%2.93%
Effective Tax Rate
37.72%37.37%39.38%36.95%37.44%24.42%23.64%23.30%-12.28%37.44%
Return on Assets
12.00%13.73%12.61%8.70%9.50%7.75%7.60%4.52%-12.78%9.50%
Return On Equity
20.01%23.50%25.15%19.83%23.48%22.63%28.67%17.64%-95.86%23.48%
Return on Capital Employed
28.83%33.15%32.71%24.50%26.68%15.77%6.72%8.55%-13.69%26.68%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.071.941.72N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.44N/A
Quick Ratio
0.520.320.110.210.190.240.160.150.050.19
Cash ratio
0.520.320.110.070.070.070.060.040.050.07
Days of Sales Outstanding
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Days of Inventory outstanding
95.0794.6296.1799.32101.07113.56104.80120.36137.3099.32
Operating Cycle
95.0794.6296.1799.32101.07113.56104.80120.36137.3099.32
Days of Payables Outstanding
40.2837.5940.8044.6747.1346.4843.0257.1247.6144.67
Cash Conversion Cycle
54.7857.0255.3654.6553.9367.0761.7763.2389.6954.65
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.400.410.490.030.060.180.090.000.670.03
Debt Equity Ratio
0.660.710.990.080.160.530.340.007.800.08
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/A0.070.070.140.350.240.000.870.07
Total Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/A0.070.070.140.350.250.000.880.07
Interest Coverage Ratio
176.63138.8697.90N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-9.00N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
N/AN/A4.615.492.930.621.1555.36-0.102.93
Company Equity Multiplier
1.661.711.992.272.472.913.773.8911.572.27
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.080.060.060.060.050.040.060.03-0.050.05
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.790.650.580.630.71-0.610.210.171.230.63
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A4.615.492.930.621.1555.36-0.102.93
Short Term Coverage Ratio
81.9188.75102.23N/AN/AN/A24.16N/A-1.11N/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/A26.96%25.16%32.25%19.97%23.42%-3.98%25.16%