Big Price to Sales Ratio vs Operating Income Analysis

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Big Lots financial indicator trend analysis is way more than just evaluating Big Lots prevailing accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Big Lots is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Big Lots Price To Sales Ratio and its Operating Income accounts. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Big Lots. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

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Price To Sales Ratio vs Operating Income

Price to Sales Ratio vs Operating Income Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Big Lots Price to Sales Ratio account and Operating Income. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have weak contrarian relationship.

The correlation between Big Lots' Price to Sales Ratio and Operating Income is -0.1. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Price to Sales Ratio that can explain the historical movement of Operating Income in the same time period over historical financial statements of Big Lots, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Big Lots' Price to Sales Ratio and Operating Income is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Price to Sales Ratio of Big Lots are associated (or correlated) with its Operating Income. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Operating Income has no effect on the direction of Price to Sales Ratio i.e., Big Lots' Price to Sales Ratio and Operating Income go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

-0.1

Relationship Direction	Negative
Relationship Strength	Insignificant

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Price To Sales Ratio

Price to Sales Ratio is figured by comparing Big Lots stock price to its revenues. An advantage to using Price to Sales ratio is that it is based on Big Lots sales, a figure that is much harder to manipulate than other Big Lots multiples. Because sales tend to be more stable P/S ratio can be a good tool for screening cyclical companies fluctuating earnings patterns. A valuation ratio that compares a company’s stock price to its revenues, calculated by dividing the company’s market cap by its total sales or revenue over a 12-month period.

Operating Income

Operating Income is the amount of profit realized from Big Lots operations after accounting for operating expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), wages and depreciation. Operating income takes the gross income and subtracts other operating expenses and then removes depreciation. Operating Income of Big Lots is typically a synonym for earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and is also commonly referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit a company generates from its operations.

Most indicators from Big Lots' fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Big Lots current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Big Lots. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

For more detail on how to invest in Big Stock please use our How to Invest in Big Lots guide.At this time, Big Lots' Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is most likely to increase slightly in the upcoming years. The Big Lots' current Enterprise Value Over EBITDA is estimated to increase to 7.36, while Selling General Administrative is projected to decrease to roughly 1.2 B.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	2.4B	1.9B	1.6B	1.6B
Total Revenue	6.2B	5.5B	4.7B	4.1B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Big Lots fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Accounts Payable	Common Stock Total Equity	Common Stock	Other Liab
Total Assets		0.76	0.24	0.94	0.55	0.87	0.71	0.86	0.47	0.88	0.49	0.47	-0.34	-0.71	0.77	0.76	0.59	-0.8	0.83	0.69	0.82	0.73	0.67	0.53	0.55	0.79
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.76		0.09	0.58	-0.03	0.97	0.99	0.7	0.27	0.97	0.16	0.27	-0.52	-0.86	1.0	0.41	0.32	-0.8	0.98	0.98	0.44	0.87	0.25	0.33	0.35	0.46
Other Current Liab	0.24	0.09		0.4	0.07	0.11	0.12	0.46	-0.23	0.11	-0.06	-0.23	-0.26	-0.47	0.11	0.53	0.67	-0.53	0.18	0.11	0.35	0.27	0.52	0.43	0.46	0.46
Total Current Liabilities	0.94	0.58	0.4		0.67	0.74	0.54	0.9	0.39	0.75	0.57	0.39	-0.26	-0.64	0.61	0.89	0.74	-0.8	0.71	0.54	0.9	0.62	0.87	0.68	0.69	0.86
Total Stockholder Equity	0.55	-0.03	0.07	0.67		0.21	-0.12	0.52	0.57	0.22	0.65	0.57	0.23	-0.01	0.0	0.63	0.49	-0.23	0.13	-0.09	0.78	0.08	0.72	0.41	0.4	0.58
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.87	0.97	0.11	0.74	0.21		0.94	0.8	0.38	1.0	0.3	0.38	-0.47	-0.84	0.97	0.55	0.44	-0.83	0.99	0.93	0.6	0.87	0.43	0.41	0.43	0.57
Net Debt	0.71	0.99	0.12	0.54	-0.12	0.94		0.66	0.13	0.94	0.1	0.13	-0.51	-0.86	0.99	0.4	0.32	-0.79	0.96	0.97	0.37	0.85	0.23	0.32	0.34	0.41
Retained Earnings	0.86	0.7	0.46	0.9	0.52	0.8	0.66		0.38	0.81	0.6	0.38	-0.36	-0.83	0.73	0.88	0.83	-0.95	0.82	0.68	0.89	0.75	0.8	0.75	0.77	0.83
Cash	0.47	0.27	-0.23	0.39	0.57	0.38	0.13	0.38		0.38	0.47	1.0	-0.12	-0.16	0.29	0.14	0.05	-0.21	0.32	0.25	0.53	0.27	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.43
Non Current Assets Total	0.88	0.97	0.11	0.75	0.22	1.0	0.94	0.81	0.38		0.31	0.38	-0.47	-0.84	0.97	0.56	0.45	-0.84	0.99	0.93	0.62	0.87	0.44	0.42	0.44	0.58
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.49	0.16	-0.06	0.57	0.65	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.47	0.31		0.47	-0.01	-0.28	0.2	0.6	0.56	-0.45	0.29	0.16	0.71	0.17	0.55	0.64	0.64	0.56
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.47	0.27	-0.23	0.39	0.57	0.38	0.13	0.38	1.0	0.38	0.47		-0.12	-0.16	0.29	0.14	0.05	-0.21	0.32	0.25	0.53	0.27	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.43
Net Receivables	-0.34	-0.52	-0.26	-0.26	0.23	-0.47	-0.51	-0.36	-0.12	-0.47	-0.01	-0.12		0.68	-0.5	-0.03	-0.25	0.51	-0.48	-0.45	-0.03	-0.55	-0.03	0.1	0.05	-0.03
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.71	-0.86	-0.47	-0.64	-0.01	-0.84	-0.86	-0.83	-0.16	-0.84	-0.28	-0.16	0.68		-0.88	-0.56	-0.62	0.94	-0.89	-0.84	-0.52	-0.87	-0.42	-0.47	-0.51	-0.54
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.77	1.0	0.11	0.61	0.0	0.97	0.99	0.73	0.29	0.97	0.2	0.29	-0.5	-0.88		0.46	0.37	-0.82	0.99	0.98	0.49	0.87	0.29	0.38	0.41	0.5
Inventory	0.76	0.41	0.53	0.89	0.63	0.55	0.4	0.88	0.14	0.56	0.6	0.14	-0.03	-0.56	0.46		0.86	-0.79	0.57	0.4	0.91	0.46	0.94	0.84	0.84	0.87
Other Current Assets	0.59	0.32	0.67	0.74	0.49	0.44	0.32	0.83	0.05	0.45	0.56	0.05	-0.25	-0.62	0.37	0.86		-0.78	0.47	0.32	0.76	0.41	0.86	0.71	0.74	0.68
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.8	-0.8	-0.53	-0.8	-0.23	-0.83	-0.79	-0.95	-0.21	-0.84	-0.45	-0.21	0.51	0.94	-0.82	-0.79	-0.78		-0.88	-0.79	-0.74	-0.83	-0.66	-0.7	-0.73	-0.75
Total Liab	0.83	0.98	0.18	0.71	0.13	0.99	0.96	0.82	0.32	0.99	0.29	0.32	-0.48	-0.89	0.99	0.57	0.47	-0.88		0.96	0.6	0.88	0.43	0.48	0.5	0.6
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.69	0.98	0.11	0.54	-0.09	0.93	0.97	0.68	0.25	0.93	0.16	0.25	-0.45	-0.84	0.98	0.4	0.32	-0.79	0.96		0.43	0.85	0.23	0.42	0.44	0.48
Total Current Assets	0.82	0.44	0.35	0.9	0.78	0.6	0.37	0.89	0.53	0.62	0.71	0.53	-0.03	-0.52	0.49	0.91	0.76	-0.74	0.6	0.43		0.48	0.87	0.78	0.79	0.92
Short Term Debt	0.73	0.87	0.27	0.62	0.08	0.87	0.85	0.75	0.27	0.87	0.17	0.27	-0.55	-0.87	0.87	0.46	0.41	-0.83	0.88	0.85	0.48		0.33	0.38	0.41	0.5
Accounts Payable	0.67	0.25	0.52	0.87	0.72	0.43	0.23	0.8	0.15	0.44	0.55	0.15	-0.03	-0.42	0.29	0.94	0.86	-0.66	0.43	0.23	0.87	0.33		0.71	0.72	0.76
Common Stock Total Equity	0.53	0.33	0.43	0.68	0.41	0.41	0.32	0.75	0.14	0.42	0.64	0.14	0.1	-0.47	0.38	0.84	0.71	-0.7	0.48	0.42	0.78	0.38	0.71		1.0	0.85
Common Stock	0.55	0.35	0.46	0.69	0.4	0.43	0.34	0.77	0.14	0.44	0.64	0.14	0.05	-0.51	0.41	0.84	0.74	-0.73	0.5	0.44	0.79	0.41	0.72	1.0		0.86
Other Liab	0.79	0.46	0.46	0.86	0.58	0.57	0.41	0.83	0.43	0.58	0.56	0.43	-0.03	-0.54	0.5	0.87	0.68	-0.75	0.6	0.48	0.92	0.5	0.76	0.85	0.86

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Big Lots Account Relationship Matchups

Big Lots fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	3.2B	4.0B	3.9B	3.7B	3.3B	1.8B
Short Long Term Debt Total	1.5B	1.7B	1.8B	2.1B	2.3B	2.4B
Other Current Liab	82.1M	109.7M	294.8M	245.9M	259.1M	150.5M
Total Current Liabilities	870.8M	1.0B	1.1B	919.9M	831.0M	517.0M
Total Stockholder Equity	845.5M	1.3B	1.0B	763.9M	284.5M	270.3M
Property Plant And Equipment Net	2.1B	2.4B	2.5B	2.3B	2.2B	2.3B
Net Debt	1.5B	1.2B	1.8B	2.0B	2.2B	2.3B
Retained Earnings	2.8B	3.4B	3.5B	3.2B	2.8B	2.9B
Cash	52.7M	559.6M	53.7M	44.7M	46.4M	83.4M
Non Current Assets Total	2.1B	2.5B	2.5B	2.4B	2.2B	2.4B
Non Currrent Assets Other	69.2M	68.9M	37.5M	38.4M	37.8M	39.7M
Cash And Short Term Investments	52.7M	559.6M	53.7M	44.7M	46.4M	83.4M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	39.4M	39.1M	33.4M	28.9M	29.2M	27.7M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	3.2B	4.0B	3.9B	3.7B	3.3B	1.8B
Non Current Liabilities Total	1.5B	1.8B	1.8B	2.0B	2.2B	2.3B
Inventory	921.3M	940.3M	1.2B	1.1B	953.3M	773.3M
Other Current Assets	90.0M	85.9M	119.4M	92.6M	86.3M	84.6M
Other Stockholder Equity	(1.9B)	(2.1B)	(2.5B)	(2.5B)	(2.5B)	(2.3B)
Total Liab	2.3B	2.8B	2.9B	2.9B	3.0B	3.2B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	2.1B	2.4B	2.5B	2.3B	3.6B	3.7B
Total Current Assets	1.1B	1.6B	1.4B	1.3B	1.1B	970.1M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(1.4B)	(1.4B)	(1.4B)	(1.2B)	(1.1B)	(1.0B)
Short Term Debt	212.1M	226.1M	242.3M	252.3M	249.3M	261.8M
Accounts Payable	378.2M	398.4M	587.5M	421.7M	320.7M	296.4M
Other Liab	170.5M	153.7M	257.7M	222.1M	255.4M	149.2M
Other Assets	73.9M	85.2M	48.5M	94.8M	109.0M	61.1M
Long Term Debt	279.5M	35.8M	3.5M	301.4M	406.3M	426.6M
Property Plant Equipment	849.1M	2.4B	2.5B	691.1M	794.8M	812.4M
Current Deferred Revenue	8.6M	198.3M	266.4M	1.9M	1.7M	1.6M
Treasury Stock	(2.5B)	(2.5B)	(2.7B)	(3.1B)	(2.8B)	(2.7B)
Net Tangible Assets	1.9B	1.3B	1.0B	2.3B	2.6B	2.8B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	2.8B	3.4B	3.5B	3.2B	3.7B	2.5B
Capital Surpluse	620.7M	634.8M	640.5M	627.7M	721.9M	656.9M
Deferred Long Term Liab	60.7M	48.6M	7.8M	21.4M	19.3M	37.1M
Non Current Liabilities Other	109.5M	181.2M	138.1M	191.8M	123.8M	137.6M
Long Term Debt Total	279.5M	35.8M	3.5M	301.4M	346.6M	363.9M

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The correlation of Big Lots is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Big Lots moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Big Lots moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Big Lots can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.

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When determining whether Big Lots is a strong investment it is important to analyze Big Lots' competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Big Lots' future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Big Stock, refer to the following important reports:

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.37)

Earnings Share

(16.53)

Revenue Per Share

161.965

Quarterly Revenue Growth

(0.07)

Return On Assets

(0.08)

The market value of Big Lots is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Big that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Big Lots' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Big Lots' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Big Lots' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Big Lots' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.

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Big Price to Sales Ratio vs Operating Income Analysis

Price To Sales Ratio vs Operating Income

Price to Sales Ratio vs Operating Income Correlation Analysis

Correlation Coefficient

Price To Sales Ratio

Operating Income

Big Lots fundamental ratios Correlations

Big Lots Account Relationship Matchups

High Positive Relationship

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Big Lots fundamental ratios Accounts

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Non Current Liabilities Total	+ 1.0	Short Long Term Debt Total
Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Cash And Short Term Investments	+ 1.0	Cash
Common Stock	+ 1.0	Common Stock Total Equity
Net Debt	+ 0.99	Short Long Term Debt Total
Total Liab	+ 0.99	Property Plant And Equipment Net

Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.95	Retained Earnings
Total Liab	- 0.89	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Total Liab	- 0.88	Other Stockholder Equity
Non Current Liabilities Total	- 0.88	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Short Term Debt	- 0.87	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.86	Net Debt