Dollar Tree (DLTR) Competitors

Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TGT or DLTR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Target	$106.57B	0.42	$4.14B	$8.86	11.10
Dollar Tree	$17.58B	1.11	-$998.40M	-$14.09	-6.43

Do analysts prefer TGT or DLTR?

Target presently has a consensus target price of $127.29, suggesting a potential upside of 29.48%. Dollar Tree has a consensus target price of $82.68, suggesting a potential downside of 8.76%. Given Target's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar Tree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Target	2 Sell rating(s)	22 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26
Dollar Tree	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk and volatility, TGT or DLTR?

Target has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TGT or DLTR?

Target received 6369 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.36% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Target	Outperform Votes 7501 89.36%	Underperform Votes 893 10.64%
Dollar Tree	Outperform Votes 1132 66.67%	Underperform Votes 566 33.33%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TGT or DLTR?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TGT or DLTR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Target	4.06%	31.11%	7.77%
Dollar Tree	-3.34%	16.89%	5.56%

Does the media refer more to TGT or DLTR?

In the previous week, Dollar Tree had 14 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Dollar Tree and 18 mentions for Target. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Target's score of 0.12 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Target	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dollar Tree	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Target beats Dollar Tree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.