DG vs. TGT, DLTR, BIG, BJ, FIVE, OLLI, PSMT, WMT, COST, and LOW
Should you be buying Dollar General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar General include Target (TGT), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Big Lots (BIG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), PriceSmart (PSMT), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), and Lowe's Companies (LOW).
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar General (NYSE:DG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Target has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar General has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 27 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Dollar General and 26 mentions for Target. Target's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Dollar General's score of 0.31 indicating that Dollar General 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 3.85%. Dollar General's return on equity of 31.91% beat Target's return on equity.
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 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. Target has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Dollar General has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Target is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Target currently has a consensus price target of $180.41, indicating a potential upside of 15.53%. Dollar General has a consensus price target of $151.48, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. Given Dollar General's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar General.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Target beats Dollar General on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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