BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings (STU:8BJ) Beneish M-Score: -2.43 (As of Jun. 28, 2026)


STU:8BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc STU:8BJ
85 GF Score
Price €77.00
GF Value €85.56
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What is BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Beneish M-Score?

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings STU:8BJ +1.99% 85 Beneish M-Score is -2.43 as of Jun. 28, 2026. GuruFocus rates STU:8BJ with a GF Score™ of 85/100 and a GF Value™ of €85.56. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review. Among 291 Retail - Defensive companies, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings ranks worse than 65.29% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.43 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

STU:8BJ' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.97   Med: -2.63   Max: -2.31
Current: -2.43

During the past 11 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings was -2.31. The lowest was -2.97. And the median was -2.63.


BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25 Jan26
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.76 -2.31 -2.64 -2.55 -2.84

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Quarterly Data
Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25 Jul25 Oct25 Jan26 Apr26
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.63 -2.62 -2.57 -2.84 -2.43

STU:8BJ vs PSMT, OLLI, TBBB: Beneish M-Score Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Beneish M-Score vs Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings's Beneish M-Score falls into.


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BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 1.304+0.528 * 1.0045+0.404 * 0.9031+0.892 * 0.9804+0.115 * 1.0515
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0059+4.679 * -0.044304-0.327 * 0.9882
=-2.45

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Apr26) TTM:Last Year (Apr25) TTM:
Total Receivables was €274 Mil.
Revenue was 4840.582 + 4744.655 + 4594.072 + 4610.866 = €18,790 Mil.
Gross Profit was 878.855 + 859.179 + 871.315 + 862.292 = €3,472 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €1,894 Mil.
Total Assets was €6,779 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €3,881 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €253 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €2,736 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,603 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €1,970 Mil.
Net Income was 122.031 + 107.102 + 130.611 + 129.154 = €489 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -11.951 + -11.357 + -6.73 + -2.817 = €-33 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 119.664 + 332.703 + 155.603 + 214.133 = €822 Mil.
Total Receivables was €214 Mil.
Revenue was 4586.6 + 5099.056 + 4681.216 + 4799.374 = €19,166 Mil.
Gross Profit was 862.854 + 916.719 + 895.487 + 881.963 = €3,557 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €1,717 Mil.
Total Assets was €6,370 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €3,608 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €248 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €2,775 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,234 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2,115 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(273.545 / 18790.175) / (213.973 / 19166.246)
=0.014558 / 0.011164
=1.304

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(3557.023 / 19166.246) / (3471.641 / 18790.175)
=0.185588 / 0.184758
=1.0045

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (1893.74 + 3880.735) / 6779.293) / (1 - (1716.604 + 3608.22) / 6370.328)
=0.148219 / 0.164121
=0.9031

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=18790.175 / 19166.246
=0.9804

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(247.875 / (247.875 + 3608.22)) / (252.685 / (252.685 + 3880.735))
=0.064281 / 0.061132
=1.0515

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(2736.348 / 18790.175) / (2774.837 / 19166.246)
=0.145627 / 0.144777
=1.0059

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((1970.345 + 2603.354) / 6779.293) / ((2114.693 + 2234.264) / 6370.328)
=0.674657 / 0.68269
=0.9882

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(488.898 - -32.855 - 822.103) / 6779.293
=-0.044304

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings has a M-score of -2.45 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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What does a Beneish M-Score of -2.43 mean?
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings (STU:8BJ) has a Beneish M-Score of -2.43 as of Jun. 28, 2026. The Beneish M-score measures the likelihood of earnings manipulation. View historical data on BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings ranks #190 out of 291 companies in the Retail - Defensive industry, placing it in the top 65.3%.
Is BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings' Beneish M-Score too high?
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings' current Beneish M-Score is -2.43. Based on the distribution chart, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings ranks #190 out of 291 companies in the Retail - Defensive industry, which is below the industry midpoint. Overall, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings has a GF Score™ of 85/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings' Beneish M-Score compare to PSMT and OLLI?
According to the Retail - Defensive industry distribution chart, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings ranks #190 out of 291 companies for Beneish M-Score. This places BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings in the lower half of its industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Beneish M-Score for a Retail - Defensive company?
A good Beneish M-Score depends on the Retail - Defensive industry context. However, Beneish M-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Beneish M-Score mean?
A high Beneish M-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Beneish M-score measures the likelihood of earnings manipulation. View historical data on BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings and its competitors. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings's current Beneish M-Score is -2.43. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings stock overvalued right now?
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings (STU:8BJ) has a current Beneish M-Score of -2.43. The stock's GF Value™ is €85.56, compared to a current price of €77.00 — trading 10% below its estimated fair value. The current Beneish M-Score is -2.43. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 85/100 with 1 warning sign to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Beneish M-Score calculated?
Beneish M-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings (STU:8BJ), the current Beneish M-Score is -2.43 as of Jun. 28, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings (STU:8BJ) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €77.00 is trading 10% below its estimated GF Value™ of €85.56.

Key valuation signals for STU:8BJ:

  • Beneish M-Score: -2.43
  • GF Value™: €85.56 vs. price of €77.00 (10% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 85/100 with 1 warning sign

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:8BJ stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Business Description

Other Exchanges BJ:USA
Address 350 Campus Drive, Marlborough, MA, USA, 01752
BJ's Wholesale Club, founded in 1984, operates a membership-based warehouse club model primarily along the US East Coast, with roughly 260 clubs and a growing domestic presence across 21 states. In fiscal 2025, the company generated over $21 billion in revenue. BJ's offers a value-oriented assortment skewed toward grocery, perishables, and consumables (72% of sales), general merchandise (11%), and gasoline (17%). Its business model is supported by recurring membership fee income and private-label brands such as Wellsley Farms and Berkley Jensen.
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