BIG vs. TGT, DG, DLTR, WMT, COST, BJ, FIVE, MNSO, OLLI, and PSMT
Should you be buying Big Lots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big Lots include Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Five Below (FIVE), MINISO Group (MNSO), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and PriceSmart (PSMT). These companies are all part of the "variety stores" industry.
Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) and Target (NYSE:TGT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Target had 30 more articles in the media than Big Lots. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Target and 15 mentions for Big Lots. Big Lots' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Target's score of -0.03 indicating that Big Lots is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Big Lots. Big Lots is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Target, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Target has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Big Lots' net margin of -10.20%. Target's return on equity of 31.91% beat Big Lots' return on equity.
Big Lots has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Big Lots currently has a consensus target price of $5.10, suggesting a potential upside of 50.00%. Target has a consensus target price of $180.41, suggesting a potential upside of 20.75%. Given Big Lots' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Big Lots is more favorable than Target.
76.0% of Big Lots shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Target shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Big Lots shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Target shares are held 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.
Big Lots pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 34.5%. Target pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Big Lots pays out -7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Target pays out 49.4% 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. Big Lots is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Target received 6789 more outperform votes than Big Lots when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.01% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 60.07% of users gave Big Lots an outperform vote.
Summary
Target beats Big Lots on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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