DLTR vs. DG, BJ, OLLI, PSMT, BIG, TGT, FIVE, MNSO, EBAY, and CVNA
Should you be buying Dollar Tree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar Tree include Dollar General (DG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Target (TGT), Five Below (FIVE), MINISO Group (MNSO), eBay (EBAY), and Carvana (CVNA).
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Dollar General has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 11 more articles in the media than Dollar Tree. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Dollar General and 9 mentions for Dollar Tree. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Dollar Tree's score of 0.27 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dollar General has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollar General, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dollar General has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Dollar General's net margin of -3.26%. Dollar Tree's return on equity of 26.13% beat Dollar General's return on equity.
Dollar General presently has a consensus price target of $153.08, suggesting a potential upside of 7.70%. Dollar Tree has a consensus price target of $150.05, suggesting a potential upside of 27.91%. Given Dollar General's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dollar Tree is more favorable than Dollar General.
91.8% of Dollar General shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Dollar Tree shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dollar General shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Dollar Tree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dollar General received 82 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.36% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote while only 67.73% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
Summary
Dollar General and Dollar Tree tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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