DLTR vs. TGT, DG, BJ, MNSO, OLLI, FIVE, PSMT, EXTO, WMT, and COST
Should you be buying Dollar Tree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar Tree include Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), MINISO Group (MNSO), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Five Below (FIVE), PriceSmart (PSMT), Almacenes Éxito (EXTO), Walmart (WMT), and Costco Wholesale (COST). These companies are all part of the "variety stores" industry.
Dollar Tree vs.
Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) and Target (NYSE:TGT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Dollar Tree presently has a consensus price target of $85.58, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. Target has a consensus price target of $158.23, suggesting a potential upside of 15.26%. Given Dollar Tree's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Dollar Tree is more favorable than Target.
Target received 6363 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.71% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Target had 19 more articles in the media than Dollar Tree. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Target and 8 mentions for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 0.79 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 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Target beats Dollar Tree on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DLTR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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