[BurbankKarl]

1500 stores total

[conservative in nyc]

...with plans to open up 500 more stores over the next 5 years. Probably expanding too quickly and need to tweak their business model.

Or maybe their stores just stink and deserve to go out of business. Not too many of them around here, so I can't say.

[Armedanddangerous]

I used to really like going to Big Lots. They always had something interesting, and you could get a huge bag of really good popcorn for a buck.

But when they remodeled, it was like they hired Stevie Wonder to do the job. Nothing in the store made sense, and it was hard to find the stuff you used to be able to track down easily.

I think our store is staying open, but some in the northern part of West Virginia are shutting down.

[Dark Skies]

Big Lots has awfully thin margins and low return on equity.

"Management Effectiveness:"

Return on Assets (ttm): 2.03%
Return on Equity (ttm): 2.43%

"Income Statement:"

Revenue (ttm): 4.51B
Revenue Per Share (ttm): 39.976
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): 5.60%
Gross Profit (ttm): 1.78B
EBITDA (ttm): 162.15M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 25.84M

source:Big Lots financial info