DLTR vs. TGT, DG, BJ, OLLI, MNSO, FIVE, PSMT, WMT, COST, and CMG
Should you be buying Dollar Tree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar Tree include Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), PriceSmart (PSMT), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).
Dollar Tree vs.
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Target received 6370 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.41% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
79.7% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Target shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Dollar Tree 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.
Target presently has a consensus target price of $132.37, indicating a potential upside of 36.88%. Dollar Tree has a consensus target price of $81.84, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Given Target's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar Tree.
Target has a net margin of 4.06% compared to Dollar Tree's net margin of -3.34%. Target's return on equity of 31.11% beat Dollar Tree's return on equity.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Target, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dollar Tree had 18 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Dollar Tree and 9 mentions for Target. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Target's score of 0.69 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Target has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Target beats Dollar Tree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DLTR) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
