Dollar General (DG) Competitors

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

Is CASY or DG a better dividend stock?

Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollar General pays out 45.0% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CASY or DG?

85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Dollar General shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CASY or DG 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
Casey's General Stores	3.43%	16.28%	7.13%
Dollar General	2.81%	17.93%	4.25%

Does the media refer more to CASY or DG?

In the previous week, Dollar General had 19 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Dollar General and 20 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Dollar General's score of 1.10 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casey's General Stores	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dollar General	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CASY or DG?

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
Casey's General Stores	$15.94B	1.20	$546.52M	$14.64	35.29
Dollar General	$40.61B	0.61	$1.13B	$5.24	21.57

Do analysts rate CASY or DG?

Casey's General Stores currently has a consensus price target of $465.25, indicating a potential downside of 9.94%. Dollar General has a consensus price target of $109.46, indicating a potential downside of 3.16%. Given Dollar General's higher possible upside, 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
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Dollar General	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has more risk & volatility, CASY or DG?

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

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Dollar General on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.