FAST vs. TSCO, CPNG, DLTR, WBA, ROST, KR, YUM, YUMC, ULTA, and EBAY
Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Coupang (CPNG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Ross Stores (ROST), Kroger (KR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Yum China (YUMC), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), and eBay (EBAY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Fastenal vs.
Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
Fastenal has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fastenal pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tractor Supply pays out 42.4% 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.
Fastenal has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.49%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 55.53% beat Fastenal's return on equity.
Tractor Supply received 559 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
Fastenal currently has a consensus target price of $53.14, indicating a potential downside of 1.55%. Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $250.62, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Fastenal.
Tractor Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Fastenal. 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.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 1 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tractor Supply and 5 mentions for Fastenal. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Fastenal's score of 0.37 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.0% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fastenal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tractor Supply beats Fastenal on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FAST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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