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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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 2.4%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Dollar General pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 14.6% 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.

Does the media prefer DG or CASY?

In the previous week, Dollar General had 6 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Dollar General and 17 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Dollar General's score of 1.10 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Casey's General Stores	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher 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	0.53	$1.13B	$5.40	18.13
Casey's General Stores	$15.94B	1.29	$546.52M	$15.58	35.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DG or CASY?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, DG or CASY?

Dollar General has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DG or CASY?

Dollar General presently has a consensus target price of $115.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.90%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $533.10, suggesting a potential downside of 3.62%. Given Dollar General's higher possible upside, equities 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Casey's General Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Is DG or CASY more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Dollar General's net margin of 2.86%. Dollar General's return on equity of 17.97% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dollar General	2.86%	17.97%	4.37%
Casey's General Stores	3.54%	16.73%	7.15%

Summary

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