TSCO vs. FAST, DG, EBAY, DLTR, CVNA, QSR, DECK, BLDR, YUM, and WSM
Should you be buying Tractor Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tractor Supply include Fastenal (FAST), Dollar General (DG), eBay (EBAY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Carvana (CVNA), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Yum! Brands (YUM), and Williams-Sonoma (WSM). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Fastenal has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tractor Supply received 592 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.85% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fastenal pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fastenal has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and Tractor Supply has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Fastenal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Fastenal has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Fastenal's net margin of 7.66%. Fastenal's return on equity of 52.99% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.
81.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 17 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Tractor Supply and 6 mentions for Fastenal. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Fastenal's score of 0.38 indicating that Fastenal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fastenal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastenal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fastenal currently has a consensus price target of $67.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.38%. Tractor Supply has a consensus price target of $253.96, suggesting a potential downside of 11.10%. Given Tractor Supply's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fastenal is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
Summary
Fastenal beats Tractor Supply on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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