DG vs. TGT, DLTR, BIG, BJ, OLLI, MNSO, FIVE, PSMT, EXTO, and WMT
Should you be buying Dollar General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar General include Target (TGT), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Big Lots (BIG), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), PriceSmart (PSMT), Almacenes Éxito (EXTO), and Walmart (WMT). These companies are all part of the "variety stores" industry.
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Target (NYSE:TGT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Target pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dollar General pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Target pays out 50.3% 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.
Target received 6271 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.98% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 68.06% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 11 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Dollar General and 5 mentions for Target. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Target's score of 0.11 indicating that Dollar General is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Target has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Dollar General's net margin of 3.85%. Target's return on equity of 31.91% beat Dollar General's return on equity.
Target has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar General. Target is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollar General, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.8% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dollar General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Target shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dollar General presently has a consensus target price of $147.86, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Target has a consensus target price of $176.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Dollar General's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dollar General is more favorable than Target.
Dollar General has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Target beats Dollar General on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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