Dollar Tree (DLTR) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate DLTR or TGT?

Dollar Tree presently has a consensus price target of $85.58, suggesting a potential upside of 14.17%. Target has a consensus price target of $157.70, suggesting a potential upside of 26.77%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24
Target	1 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLTR or TGT?

Target received 6364 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.68% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dollar Tree	Outperform Votes 1124 66.83%	Underperform Votes 558 33.17%
Target	Outperform Votes 7488 89.68%	Underperform Votes 862 10.32%

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, DLTR or TGT?

Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DLTR or TGT?

In the previous week, Dollar Tree had 3 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Dollar Tree and 13 mentions for Target. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Target's score of 0.30 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Target	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$31.22B	0.52	-$998.40M	-$4.77	-15.71
Target	$107.57B	0.53	$4.14B	$9.43	13.19

Summary

Target beats Dollar Tree on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.