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).
Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) and Target (NYSE:TGT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Target had 2 more articles in the media than Dollar Tree. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Target and 24 mentions for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Target's score of 0.31 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Target received 6355 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.01% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 67.75% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
97.4% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Target shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 net margin of 3.87% compared to Dollar Tree's net margin of -3.26%. Target's return on equity of 31.91% beat Dollar Tree's return on equity.
Dollar Tree presently has a consensus target price of $150.55, indicating a potential upside of 27.64%. Target has a consensus target price of $180.41, indicating a potential upside of 15.53%. Given Dollar Tree's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dollar Tree is more favorable than Target.
Summary
Target beats Dollar Tree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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