| DIRECT COMPETITOR COMPARISON | |
| BBBY | Pvt1 | TGT | WMT | Industry | | Market Cap: | 9.78B | N/A | 35.70B | 211.23B | 381.56M | | Employees: | 37,000 | 147,0001 | 351,000 | 2,100,000 | 3.56K | | Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): | 3.30% | N/A | 1.10% | 0.80% | 0.00% | | Revenue (ttm): | 7.32B | 18.49B1 | 64.74B | 404.54B | 1.26B | | Gross Margin (ttm): | 39.89% | N/A | 28.55% | 25.00% | 39.89% | | EBITDA (ttm): | 910.20M | N/A | 6.17B | 30.36B | 41.58M | | Oper Margins (ttm): | 10.01% | N/A | 6.50% | 5.79% | 2.81% | | Net Income (ttm): | 451.78M | 572.00M1 | 2.16B | 13.52B | N/A | | EPS (ttm): | 1.746 | N/A | 2.865 | 3.454 | 0.01 | | P/E (ttm): | 21.33 | N/A | 16.57 | 15.88 | 21.54 | | PEG (5 yr expected): | 1.71 | N/A | 1.07 | 1.27 | 1.73 | | P/S (ttm): | 1.34 | N/A | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.76 |
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| THE TOP 10 HOME RETAILERS 2004 HOME SALES | |
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| Company | Symbol | Price | Change | Market Cap | P/E | | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | WMT | 54.85 | 0.00% | 211.23B | 15.88 | | Best Buy Co. Inc. | BBY | 42.85 | 0.00% | 17.85B | 19.37 | | Sears Holdings Corporation | SHLD | 71.06 | 0.00% | 8.21B | N/A | | Target Corp. | TGT | 47.46 | 0.00% | 35.70B | 16.57 | | The Home Depot, Inc. | HD | 27.56 | 0.00% | 46.36B | 20.57 | | Lowe's Companies Inc. | LOW | 22.01 | 0.00% | 32.51B | 18.57 | | CCA Global Partners | Private - View Profile | | Staples, Inc. | SPLS | 23.22 | 0.00% | 16.77B | 24.52 | | Costco Wholesale Corporation | COST | 60.51 | 0.00% | 26.38B | 24.52 | | Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | BBBY | 37.25 | 0.00% | 9.78B | 21.33 | | Kmart Corporation | Private - View Profile | | Sears, Roebuck and Co. | Private - View Profile | | Walgreen Co. | WAG | 39.40 | 0.00% | 38.96B | 19.47 | | Williams-Sonoma Inc. | WSM | 21.21 | 0.00% | 2.24B | 1928.18 |
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| THE TOP 10 HOUSEWARES RETAILERS 2004 HOUSEWARES SALES | |
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