DKS vs. TSCO, ULTA, FIVE, SIG, WINA, SBH, ODP, HZO, BGFV, and ASO
Should you be buying DICK'S Sporting Goods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DICK'S Sporting Goods include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), ODP (ODP), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO).
DICK'S Sporting Goods vs.
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays out 31.5% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. DICK'S Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 8.65% 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.
Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DICK'S Sporting Goods received 425 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave DICK'S Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 69.67% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote.
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.
Tractor Supply presently has a consensus price target of $58.01, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. DICK'S Sporting Goods has a consensus price target of $246.10, indicating a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Tractor Supply's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than DICK'S Sporting Goods.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 2 more articles in the media than DICK'S Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Tractor Supply and 12 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods. DICK'S Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.58 indicating that DICK'S Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DICK'S Sporting Goods beats Tractor Supply on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DKS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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