TSCO vs. FAST, ULTA, YUMC, EBAY, QSR, WBA, CPNG, DRI, BLDR, and BBY
Should you be buying Tractor Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tractor Supply include Fastenal (FAST), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Yum China (YUMC), eBay (EBAY), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Coupang (CPNG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), and Best Buy (BBY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Tractor Supply vs.
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
84.1% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fastenal 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.
Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tractor Supply pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fastenal pays out 71.8% 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 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.
Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastenal has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 4 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Tractor Supply and 4 mentions for Fastenal. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Fastenal's score of 0.29 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Tractor Supply currently has a consensus price target of $250.62, indicating a potential upside of 18.50%. Fastenal has a consensus price target of $53.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.66%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Fastenal.
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 TSCO 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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