DG vs. DLTR, TGT, CMG, AZO, ORLY, JD, YUM, ROST, KR, and MELI
Should you be buying Dollar General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar General include Dollar Tree (DLTR), Target (TGT), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), AutoZone (AZO), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), JD.com (JD), Yum! Brands (YUM), Ross Stores (ROST), Kroger (KR), and MercadoLibre (MELI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dollar General vs.
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Dollar General has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dollar General received 87 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.20% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote while only 68.88% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
Dollar General has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar Tree. Dollar General is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollar Tree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.7% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Dollar General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 14 more articles in the media than Dollar Tree. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Dollar General and 15 mentions for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Dollar General's score of 0.39 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dollar General has a net margin of 6.38% compared to Dollar Tree's net margin of 5.70%. Dollar General's return on equity of 40.63% beat Dollar Tree's return on equity.
Dollar General presently has a consensus target price of $248.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.77%. Dollar Tree has a consensus target price of $166.80, indicating a potential upside of 18.46%. Given Dollar General's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dollar General is more favorable than Dollar Tree.
Summary
Dollar General beats Dollar Tree on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
Dollar General Competitors List
