DLTR vs. TGT, DG, BIG, BJ, FIVE, OLLI, PSMT, WMT, COST, and SBUX
Should you be buying Dollar Tree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar Tree include Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Big Lots (BIG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), PriceSmart (PSMT), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), and Starbucks (SBUX).
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Target, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Target has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Target presently has a consensus target price of $180.41, indicating a potential upside of 22.64%. Dollar Tree has a consensus target price of $150.55, indicating a potential upside of 33.21%. Given Target's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dollar Tree is more favorable than Target.
Target received 6356 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.01% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 67.73% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
79.7% of Target shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Dollar Tree shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Target shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Dollar Tree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Target had 54 more articles in the media than Dollar Tree. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Target and 16 mentions for Dollar Tree. Target's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Dollar Tree's score of 0.00 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Target has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Target's net margin of -3.26%. Dollar Tree's return on equity of 31.91% beat Target's return on equity.
Summary
Target beats Dollar Tree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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