Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) Vs. ULTA, DKS, FIVE, SIG, ODP, SBH, HZO, HIBB, WINA, and BGFV
Should you be buying Tractor Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tractor Supply include Ulta Beauty (ULTA), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), Sally Beauty (SBH), MarineMax (HZO), Hibbett Sports (HIBB), Winmark (WINA), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV). These companies are all part of the "specialty stores" industry.
Tractor Supply vs.
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 12 more articles in the media than DICK'S Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Tractor Supply and 6 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' score of 0.46 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
86.7% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DICK'S Sporting Goods currently has a consensus price target of $127.85, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Tractor Supply has a consensus price target of $226.05, suggesting a potential upside of 2.08%. Given DICK'S Sporting Goods' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DICK'S Sporting Goods is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
DICK'S Sporting Goods received 445 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.50% of users gave DICK'S Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 72.25% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote.
Tractor Supply has higher revenue and earnings than DICK'S Sporting Goods. DICK'S Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DICK'S Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tractor Supply pays out 26.5% 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. DICK'S Sporting Goods has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Tractor Supply has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. DICK'S Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 11.55% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.42%. DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity of 54.06% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.
Summary
DICK'S Sporting Goods beats Tractor Supply on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) vs. Its Competitors
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