August 01, 2017

Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG) Zacks Rank: 2-Buy

$49.67 USD (As of 07/31/2017) Style : Value: Growth: Momentum: VGM:

Target Price $56.00 Price, Consensus & Surprise

52 Week High-Low $56.54 - $42.40
20 Day Average
920,930
Volume

Beta 0.85
Market Cap 2.20 B
Dividend / Div Yld $1.00 / 2.01%
Industry Retail - Discoun..

76 / 265 (Top
Industry Rank
29%)

Proj. EPS Growth (Q1) 17.31%

Proj. EPS Growth (F1) 15.28%
P/E (F1) 11.84

Last EPS Surprise 15.00%

Avg. Last 4 Surprises 82.98%

Next Report Date 8/25/2017

Earnings ESP 0.00%

Agreement Estimate Revisions (60 Days) Magnitude Consensus Estimate Trend (60 Days)

Q1 Q2 F1 F2 Q1 Q2 F1 F2
# of Analysts 8 8 8 7 Current 0.61 0.04 4.20 4.40

# of Revisions 0 0 0 1 7 Days Ago 0.61 0.04 4.20 4.39

# Up 0 0 0 1 30 Days Ago 0.61 0.04 4.20 4.39

# Down 0 0 0 0 60 Days Ago 0.61 0.04 4.20 4.39

Trend of
% Revision Agreement: 100% Estimate
Revisions: 0% 0% 0% +0.23%

Industry Comparison Retail - Discoun.. | Position in Industry: 1 of 11 Industry Peers

BIG X Industry S&P 500 BURL PSMT FRED

Hist. EPS Growth (3-5 yrs) 6.25% 6.88% 7.13% 48.43% 4.36% -62.26%
Proj. Sales Growth (F1/F0) 1.31% 4.89% 4.95% 8.01% -0.22% -2.72%
Net Margin 3.20% 3.20% 9.63% 4.08% 3.13% -4.94%
Return on Equity 29.88% 19.07% 15.87% -294.39% 14.05% -3.93%
Debt/Capital 15.03% 32.25% 41.73% NA 13.15% 34.27%
P/E (F1) 12.02 17.41 18.78 21.62 28.02 NA
Price/Sales (P/S) 0.43 0.54 2.47 1.06 0.86 0.12
Price/Book (P/B) 3.45 3.45 3.19 NA 3.71 0.86
Price/Cash Flow (P/CF) 8.03 11.64 13.51 14.69 19.93 9.11
YTD % Price Change 0.44% -6.97% 9.41% 1.22% 0.66% -63.20%

Description Retail-Wholesale > Nonfood Retail-wholesale > Retail - Discount Stores

Consolidated Stores Corp. is one of the leading value retailers specializing in closeout merchandise and toys. The company operates
stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam and conducted online sales of children's products. Retail operations are conducted primarily
under the following names: Odd Lots, Big Lots, Big Lots Furniture, Mac Frugal's Bargains Close-outs, and Pic N Save and K B Toys, K B
Toy Works, and K B Toy Outlet and KBkids.com.

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