Dollar General (DG) Competitors

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts prefer DG or CASY?

Dollar General presently has a consensus price target of $108.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.68%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus price target of $467.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.78%. Given Dollar General's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dollar General is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dollar General	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is DG or CASY more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Dollar General's net margin of 2.81%. Dollar General's return on equity of 17.93% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dollar General	2.81%	17.93%	4.25%
Casey's General Stores	3.43%	16.28%	7.13%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DG or CASY?

91.8% of Dollar General shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Dollar General shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, DG or CASY?

Dollar General has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. Dollar General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dollar General	$40.61B	0.61	$1.13B	$5.24	21.34
Casey's General Stores	$15.94B	1.16	$546.52M	$14.64	33.88

Does the media prefer DG or CASY?

In the previous week, Dollar General had 35 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Dollar General and 21 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Dollar General's score of 0.94 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dollar General	29 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Casey's General Stores	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, DG or CASY?

Dollar General has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DG or CASY a better dividend stock?

Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dollar General pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 15.6% 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. Casey's General Stores has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

Summary

Dollar General and Casey's General Stores tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.