Dollar Tree (DLTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Dollar Tree, Inc. operates discount variety stores under the Dollar Tree brand in the United States and Canada. Its stores offer a broad selection of everyday merchandise, including household supplies, food and beverages, health and personal-care products, seasonal items, toys, party supplies, and arts and crafts products.

The company’s Dollar Tree stores historically focused on merchandise priced at a fixed dollar point and have expanded to include multiple price points through initiatives such as Dollar Tree Plus. Products are sold through its brick-and-mortar stores and digital channels, with selections varying by location and season.

Founded in 1986 as Only $1.00, the company became Dollar Tree and went public in 1995. Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar in 2015, substantially expanding its retail footprint; it later agreed to sell Family Dollar, completing the separation in 2025. Dollar Tree now focuses primarily on its namesake discount-variety-store business.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $111.12 to $115.23
• 50-Day Range: $111.96 to $136.75
• 52-Week Range: $84.71 to $142.40
• Volume: 1.62 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.82 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.69
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $131.83
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Dollar Tree Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Dollar Tree scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 63rd out of 167 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Dollar Tree has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.35, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Dollar Tree has a consensus price target of $131.83, representing about 17.5% upside from its current price of $112.16.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Dollar Tree has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 0.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Dollar Tree are expected to grow by 0.50% in the coming year, from $7.93 to $7.97 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Dollar Tree is 13.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Dollar Tree is 13.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.93.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Dollar Tree has a PEG Ratio of 1.04. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Dollar Tree has a P/B Ratio of 5.94. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.13% of the float of Dollar Tree has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Dollar Tree has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.73, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Dollar Tree has recently decreased by 2.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Dollar Tree does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Dollar Tree does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.10

News Sentiment

Dollar Tree has a news sentiment score of 0.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Dollar Tree this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 39 people have searched for DLTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added Dollar Tree to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Dollar Tree insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $470,817.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.10% of the stock of Dollar Tree is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

97.40% of the stock of Dollar Tree is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:DLTR
• CIK: 935703
• Web: www.dollartree.com
• Phone: (757) 321-5000
• Fax: 757-857-6848
• Employees: 153,032
• Year Founded: 1953

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Dollar Tree: $131.83
• High Price Target: $170.00
• Low Price Target: $85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.35
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.19
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.14
• P/E Growth: 1.04
• Net Income: $1.28 billion
• Net Margins: 8.03%
• Pretax Margin: 10.70%
• Return on Equity: 38.61%
• Return on Assets: 9.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.86
• Current Ratio: 1.13
• Quick Ratio: 0.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $19.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.08
• Cash Flow: $9.23 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.15
• Book Value: $18.88 per share
• Price / Book: 5.94

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 187,630,000
• Free Float: 174,308,000
• Market Cap: $21.04 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.71