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BIG
Big Lots, Inc
~4 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Big Lots, Inc. What it actually does.

Operates as a home discount retailer in the United States. Offers furniture, including upholstery, mattresses, and case goods. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 1985
10K employees
$14.7M market value
Revenue last year:
$4.7B
The loss that same year:
$481.9M
For every $1 it earns, the company spends $1.1.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales are moving sideways.

No real growth (-3% a year). Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$5.3B
2020
2021
2022
2023
$4.7B
2024
In the vault right now:
$46.4M
DEBT: $2.3B
At this pace, that money lasts less than a year.

Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 6 did the company clear?
3 / 6
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
3
May 2023
Sep 2024
3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 QUARTERS
A mixed scorecard.
What executives did with their own stock over the last 12 months:
36 buy17 sell

Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
A long and steep decline.

An investor who bought at the very peak is down 99% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.

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THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/1
Executives are buying their own stock

Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 36 buys and 17 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.

1
THE RISKS · 1/3
The losses continue

A loss of $481.9M against $4.7B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.

2
THE RISKS · 2/3
Trading under $1

The stock sits at $0.50. Under exchange rules, stocks that stay below $1 for too long risk being removed from the market.

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THE RISKS · 3/3
A wildly swinging price

This stock swings about 2.2 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.

This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film