Burlington Stores, Inc. operates as a retailer of branded merchandise in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company offers fashion-focused merchandise, including women's ready-to-wear apparel, menswear, youth apparel, footwear, accessories, home furnishings, toys, gifts, and coats, as well as baby and beauty merchandise products. It operates stores under the Burlington Stores, and Cohoes Fashions brands in Washington D.C. and …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.94), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 65.5th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.27), raising questions about short-term obligations.
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.18), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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Burlington Stores, Inc. ranks #9 of 34
scored companies in Apparel Retail by moat score — the top 26%.
The widest moat in the group is lululemon athletica inc. (LULU)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near BURL in Apparel Retail
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 70
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 46
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 73
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 45
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 70
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 34 scored companies in Apparel Retail, the top 26%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Apparel Retail. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (81/100) and its weakest is Resilience (45/100).
How does Burlington Stores, Inc. compare with other Apparel Retail companies?
Burlington Stores, Inc. ranks #9 of 34 scored companies in Apparel Retail by moat score. The widest moat in Apparel Retail is lululemon athletica inc. (LULU) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Gap, Inc. (The) (GAP) at 71 just above it and J. Jill, Inc. (JILL) at 63 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 33 companies in Apparel Retail. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Burlington Stores, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Burlington Stores, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BURL scores: Pricing Power (81), Cost Advantage (70), Customer Stickiness (46), Capital Efficiency (73), Resilience (45), Scale & Market Position (70). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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