TGT vs. DG, DLTR, BIG, BJ, MNSO, FIVE, OLLI, PSMT, WMT, and COST
Should you be buying Target stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Target include Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Big Lots (BIG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), PriceSmart (PSMT), Walmart (WMT), and Costco Wholesale (COST). These companies are all part of the "variety stores" industry.
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar General (NYSE:DG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 13 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Dollar General and 9 mentions for Target. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Target's score of 0.09 indicating that Dollar General is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Target pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Target pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollar General pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Target has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar General has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Target currently has a consensus price target of $178.11, indicating a potential upside of 21.99%. Dollar General has a consensus price target of $148.41, indicating a potential upside of 17.22%. Given Target's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar General.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar General. Target is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollar General, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Target received 6272 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.00% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 68.16% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.
Target has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Dollar General's net margin of 3.85%. Target's return on equity of 31.91% beat Dollar General's return on equity.
79.7% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Target shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dollar General shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Target beats Dollar General on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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