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$110.03 +0.80 (+0.73%)
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DG vs. CASY, COST, DLTR, FIVE, LULU, 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), lululemon athletica (LULU), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

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 General2.81% 17.93% 4.25%
Casey's General Stores 3.43%16.28%7.13%

In the previous week, Dollar General had 15 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Dollar General and 14 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Dollar General's score of 0.81 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
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Casey's General Stores
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dollar General$40.61B0.60$1.13B$5.2421.00
Casey's General Stores$15.94B1.19$546.52M$14.6434.85

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Dollar General presently has a consensus price target of $107.04, indicating a potential downside of 2.72%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus price target of $465.25, indicating a potential downside of 8.82%. Given Dollar General's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

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 increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

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.
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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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DG vs. The Competition

MetricDollar GeneralRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.04B$89.48B$26.44B$20.85B
Dividend Yield2.16%1.80%177.11%3.65%
P/E Ratio21.0023.9127.7626.34
Price / Sales0.601.346.0659.22
Price / Cash10.5618.7748.2622.29
Price / Book3.268.405.654.66
Net Income$1.13B$2.14B$876.41M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-2.65%0.07%-0.68%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-1.99%5.34%6.88%4.91%
1 Year Performance-9.49%0.34%22.45%10.53%

Dollar General Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DG
Dollar General
4.5552 of 5 stars
$110.03
+0.7%
$107.04
-2.7%
-12.2%$24.04B$40.61B21.00194,200Analyst Forecast
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.569 of 5 stars
$522.72
+1.2%
$465.25
-11.0%
+36.0%$19.43B$15.94B35.7049,272Positive News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.2585 of 5 stars
$977.33
+0.7%
$1,037.48
+6.2%
+12.7%$433.92B$268.78B55.50333,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.5033 of 5 stars
$108.10
-1.2%
$90.37
-16.4%
+2.7%$22.51B$17.58B-7.78214,710Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
FIVE
Five Below
2.8628 of 5 stars
$134.12
+3.6%
$113.30
-15.5%
+82.6%$7.37B$3.88B28.0723,200
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.8115 of 5 stars
$229.82
-2.8%
$338.73
+47.4%
-20.3%$27.55B$10.59B15.5839,000Analyst Revision
ROST
Ross Stores
4.8168 of 5 stars
$130.83
-0.3%
$158.94
+21.5%
-11.6%$42.83B$21.26B20.69107,000Positive News
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.6099 of 5 stars
$57.81
+1.8%
$58.02
+0.4%
+1.9%$30.63B$14.88B28.6852,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.8044 of 5 stars
$479.41
+0.5%
$465.04
-3.0%
+22.4%$21.55B$11.42B18.7358,000Positive News
BURL
Burlington Stores
3.7984 of 5 stars
$253.57
+1.5%
$316.36
+24.8%
+6.6%$16.00B$10.63B31.1177,532
WMT
Walmart
4.878 of 5 stars
$95.52
+1.2%
$106.67
+11.7%
+33.9%$762.66B$680.99B40.842,100,000Trending News
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This page (NYSE:DG) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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