BIG vs. TGT, DG, DLTR, WMT, COST, BJ, OLLI, MNSO, FIVE, and PSMT
Should you be buying Big Lots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big Lots include Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), and PriceSmart (PSMT). These companies are all part of the "variety stores" industry.
Target (NYSE:TGT) and Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Target has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Lots has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Big Lots had 30 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Big Lots and 5 mentions for Target. Big Lots' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Target's score of -0.02 indicating that Target is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Target received 6789 more outperform votes than Big Lots when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.98% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 59.75% of users gave Big Lots an outperform vote.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Big Lots. Big Lots is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Target, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Target presently has a consensus target price of $176.57, indicating a potential upside of 18.50%. Big Lots has a consensus target price of $3.40, indicating a potential upside of 214.81%. Given Target's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Big Lots is more favorable than Target.
79.7% of Target shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Big Lots shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Target shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Big Lots shares are held 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.
Target has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Target's net margin of -10.44%. Big Lots' return on equity of 31.91% beat Target's return on equity.
Summary
Target beats Big Lots on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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