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TSCO vs. COST, FIVE, SFM, ULTA, BOOT, DKS, HD, KR, SIG, and WINA

Should you be buying Tractor Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tractor Supply include Costco Wholesale (COST), Five Below (FIVE), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Boot Barn (BOOT), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Home Depot (HD), Kroger (KR), Signet Jewelers (SIG), and Winmark (WINA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Tractor Supply vs. Its Competitors

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 103 more articles in the media than Tractor Supply. MarketBeat recorded 128 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 25 mentions for Tractor Supply. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Tractor Supply's score of 1.03 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tractor Supply
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Costco Wholesale
86 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Tractor Supply pays out 45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 28.6% 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. Tractor Supply has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Tractor Supply has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.94%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 46.83% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tractor Supply7.18% 46.83% 10.73%
Costco Wholesale 2.94%30.09%10.69%

98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tractor Supply$14.88B1.98$1.10B$2.0427.20
Costco Wholesale$275.24B1.52$8.10B$18.2151.98

Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tractor Supply presently has a consensus price target of $62.45, suggesting a potential upside of 12.56%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus price target of $1,068.04, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Costco Wholesale's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than Tractor Supply.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tractor Supply
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Tractor Supply on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TSCO vs. The Competition

MetricTractor SupplyRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.10B$11.80B$27.06B$10.50B
Dividend Yield1.68%1.87%172.53%4.80%
P/E Ratio27.2216.7919.6227.24
Price / Sales1.981.829.24196.92
Price / Cash18.9410.5358.9261.53
Price / Book13.054.175.136.74
Net Income$1.10B$608.12M$911.72M$276.59M
7 Day Performance2.89%-0.72%-0.35%-0.47%
1 Month Performance-6.93%-0.07%-0.62%7.47%
1 Year Performance-7.79%4.15%13.06%34.58%

Tractor Supply Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.4964 of 5 stars
$55.48
+1.0%
$62.45
+12.6%
-8.7%$29.10B$14.88B27.2252,000Positive News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.7305 of 5 stars
$910.94
-0.5%
$1,067.19
+17.2%
+6.4%$403.98B$275.24B50.02333,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FIVE
Five Below
2.4597 of 5 stars
$153.67
-1.5%
$150.21
-2.3%
+65.8%$8.47B$3.88B31.1123,200Gap Up
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
4.0984 of 5 stars
$101.76
-3.9%
$177.21
+74.1%
-3.6%$9.95B$7.72B20.9435,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.3031 of 5 stars
$566.91
+1.9%
$544.20
-4.0%
+46.5%$25.42B$11.65B21.7458,000Trending News
BOOT
Boot Barn
3.0522 of 5 stars
$169.65
-1.0%
$182.54
+7.6%
+11.4%$5.18B$1.91B26.7610,400News Coverage
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.8111 of 5 stars
$229.95
-0.6%
$232.05
+0.9%
+12.3%$18.42B$13.77B16.0656,100Positive News
Gap Down
HD
Home Depot
4.6876 of 5 stars
$389.56
-1.4%
$436.40
+12.0%
-6.7%$387.76B$159.51B26.46520,700Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.1577 of 5 stars
$64.83
-2.2%
$73.63
+13.6%
+25.1%$42.96B$147.12B16.45409,000Analyst Forecast
SIG
Signet Jewelers
2.4633 of 5 stars
$93.76
-2.5%
$97.71
+4.2%
+3.6%$3.84B$6.78B31.4627,595Gap Up
WINA
Winmark
1.5656 of 5 stars
$503.20
-1.8%
N/A+18.6%$1.79B$83.40M44.8180Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:TSCO) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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