BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc BJ

Morningstar Rating
$96.20 −0.28 (0.29%)
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Company Report

Solid Execution Continues for BJ's Wholesale Club, but Lagging Scale Limits Competitive Edge

BJ’s Wholesale Club operates a membership-driven warehouse model that attempts to differentiate itself from larger rivals like Costco and Sam’s Club through a sharper focus on the weekly grocery shop and a smaller, more accessible pack-size strategy. Unlike its warehouse club rivals, BJ’s is deliberately concentrated along the East Coast (over 80%), where it benefits from dense population centers, shorter supply chains, and brand familiarity. The firm’s financial engine is its membership base of over 8 million members, which renew at a 90% rate.

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Price
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

A rapid shift toward higher-tier membership penetration (42% versus 31% six years ago) could drive membership fee income growth above the 8% compounded annual rate we anticipate.

Bears

Heavy East Coast concentration (over 80%) limits expansion optionality, as newer markets lack the same density benefits, with most of the US already occupied by entrenched warehouse and discount incumbents.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$96.48
Day Range
$95.2497.13
52-Week Range
$83.21110.71
Bid/Ask
$95.48 / $96.76
Shares Outstanding
127.69M
Market Cap
$12.28B
Volume/Avg
2M / 2M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
22.13
Price/Sales
0.58
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.00%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.00%
Total Yield
3.82%

Company Profile

BJ’s Wholesale Club, founded in 1984, operates a membership-based warehouse club model primarily along the US East Coast, with roughly 260 clubs and a growing domestic presence across 21 states. In fiscal 2025, the company generated over $21 billion in revenue. BJ’s offers a value-oriented assortment skewed toward grocery, perishables, and consumables (72% of sales), general merchandise (11%), and gasoline (17%). Its business model is supported by recurring membership fee income and private-label brands such as Wellsley Farms and Berkley Jensen.
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Discount Stores
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
35,000

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
BJ
WMT
COST
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
22.1341.4347.68
Price/Book Value
5.799.4412.54
Price/Sales
0.581.241.44
Price/Cash Flow
13.5521.3633.53
Price/Earnings
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WMT
COST

Financial Strength

Metric
BJ
WMT
COST
Quick Ratio
0.110.190.56
Current Ratio
0.730.771.07
Interest Coverage
19.1811.5877.38
Quick Ratio
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Profitability

Metric
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WMT
COST
Return on Assets (Normalized)
8.51%8.28%11.74%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
30.11%24.92%31.29%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
13.80%14.91%23.79%
Return on Assets
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WMT
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