DKS vs. TSCO, ULTA, FIVE, SIG, ODP, SBH, WINA, HIBB, HZO, and BGFV
Should you be buying DICK'S Sporting Goods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DICK'S Sporting Goods include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), Sally Beauty (SBH), Winmark (WINA), Hibbett (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV). These companies are all part of the "specialty stores" industry.
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
DICK'S Sporting Goods currently has a consensus target price of $237.09, suggesting a potential upside of 10.31%. Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $253.96, suggesting a potential downside of 6.93%. Given DICK'S Sporting Goods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DICK'S Sporting Goods is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
DICK'S Sporting Goods received 441 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.30% of users gave DICK'S Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 69.85% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DICK'S Sporting Goods had 15 more articles in the media than Tractor Supply. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods and 10 mentions for Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' score of 0.82 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DICK'S Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% 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. DICK'S Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 7.73% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.66%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 52.99% beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity.
Tractor Supply has higher revenue and earnings than DICK'S Sporting Goods. DICK'S Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DICK'S Sporting Goods beats Tractor Supply on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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