DG vs. TGT, DLTR, BJ, MNSO, OLLI, FIVE, PSMT, WMT, COST, and CVNA
Should you be buying Dollar General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar General include Target (TGT), Dollar Tree (DLTR), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), MINISO Group (MNSO), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Five Below (FIVE), PriceSmart (PSMT), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), and Carvana (CVNA).
Dollar General vs.
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar General (NYSE:DG) 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 community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Target has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar General has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Target currently has a consensus target price of $157.70, indicating a potential upside of 26.77%. Dollar General has a consensus target price of $96.77, indicating a potential upside of 26.21%. Given Target's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar General.
Target pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Target pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollar General pays out 38.9% 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. Target has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. Target is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
79.7% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Target shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dollar General shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 5 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dollar General and 13 mentions for Target. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Target's score of 0.30 indicating that Dollar General is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar General. Dollar General 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 4.06% compared to Dollar General's net margin of 3.33%. Target's return on equity of 31.11% beat Dollar General's return on equity.
Target received 6286 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.68% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 67.23% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.
Summary
Target beats Dollar General on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
