TGT vs. DG, DLTR, BIG, BJ, FIVE, MNSO, 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), Five Below (FIVE), MINISO Group (MNSO), 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
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.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 33 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Dollar General and 21 mentions for Target. Target's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Dollar General's score of 0.38 indicating that Target is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $180.41, suggesting a potential upside of 15.53%. Dollar General has a consensus target price of $149.87, suggesting a potential upside of 9.47%. Given Target's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar General.
79.7% of Target shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Dollar General shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Target shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dollar General shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Target received 6272 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.01% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 68.20% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.
Target has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar General has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Target pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.
Summary
Target beats Dollar General on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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