Dollar Tree (DLTR) Competitors

Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) and Target (NYSE:TGT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DLTR or TGT?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Target shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DLTR or TGT more profitable?

Target has a net margin of 4.06% compared to Dollar Tree's net margin of -3.34%. Target's return on equity of 31.11% beat Dollar Tree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dollar Tree	-3.34%	16.89%	5.56%
Target	4.06%	31.11%	7.77%

Does the media favor DLTR or TGT?

In the previous week, Dollar Tree had 27 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Dollar Tree and 13 mentions for Target. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Target's score of 0.22 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dollar Tree	25 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Target	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DLTR or TGT?

Target received 6370 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.41% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dollar Tree	Outperform Votes 1130 66.67%	Underperform Votes 565 33.33%
Target	Outperform Votes 7500 89.41%	Underperform Votes 888 10.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, DLTR or TGT?

Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DLTR or TGT?

Dollar Tree currently has a consensus target price of $81.84, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Target has a consensus target price of $132.37, indicating a potential upside of 43.63%. Given Target's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar Tree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dollar Tree	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Target	1 Sell rating(s)	22 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has better earnings & valuation, DLTR or TGT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dollar Tree	$17.58B	1.02	-$998.40M	-$14.09	-5.92
Target	$106.57B	0.39	$4.14B	$8.86	10.40

Summary

Target beats Dollar Tree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.