Tractor Supply (TSCO) Competitors

DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DKS or TSCO?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DKS or TSCO?

DICK'S Sporting Goods received 424 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.08% of users gave DICK'S Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 69.80% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DICK'S Sporting Goods	Outperform Votes 1457 70.08%	Underperform Votes 622 29.92%
Tractor Supply	Outperform Votes 1033 69.80%	Underperform Votes 447 30.20%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DKS or TSCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DICK'S Sporting Goods	$12.98B	1.25	$1.05B	$13.63	14.64
Tractor Supply	$14.77B	1.97	$1.11B	$10.28	26.54

Is DKS or TSCO more profitable?

DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 8.46% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.53%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 50.19% beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DICK'S Sporting Goods	8.46%	45.14%	12.53%
Tractor Supply	7.53%	50.19%	11.62%

Does the media prefer DKS or TSCO?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 6 more articles in the media than DICK'S Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Tractor Supply and 14 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods. DICK'S Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.64 indicating that DICK'S Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DICK'S Sporting Goods	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tractor Supply	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DKS or TSCO?

DICK'S Sporting Goods currently has a consensus target price of $244.62, suggesting a potential upside of 22.60%. Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $282.82, suggesting a potential upside of 3.65%. Given DICK'S Sporting Goods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DICK'S Sporting Goods is more favorable than Tractor Supply.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DICK'S Sporting Goods	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Tractor Supply	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52

Which has more volatility and risk, DKS or TSCO?

DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DKS or TSCO a better dividend stock?

DICK'S Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 32.3% 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. Tractor Supply has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. DICK'S Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

DICK'S Sporting Goods beats Tractor Supply on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.