DG vs. CASY, COST, DLTR, FIVE, OLLI, ROST, TSCO, ULTA, BURL, and WMT
Should you be buying Dollar General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar General include Casey's General Stores (CASY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Ross Stores (ROST), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Burlington Stores (BURL), and Walmart (WMT).
Dollar General vs. Its Competitors
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 5 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Dollar General and 27 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Dollar General's score of 0.77 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
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 $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Dollar General pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.7% 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 raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years.
Dollar General currently has a consensus target price of $109.08, indicating a potential downside of 5.09%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $453.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.18%. Given Dollar General's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Dollar General is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.
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.
Summary
Casey's General Stores beats Dollar General on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DG 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 NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:DG) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
