DG vs. DLTR, TGT, FIVE, TSCO, EBAY, FAST, QSR, YUM, BLDR, and KR
Should you be buying Dollar General stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dollar General include Dollar Tree (DLTR), Target (TGT), Five Below (FIVE), Tractor Supply (TSCO), eBay (EBAY), Fastenal (FAST), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), and Kroger (KR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dollar General (NYSE:DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Dollar General received 83 more outperform votes than Dollar Tree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.36% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote while only 67.71% of users gave Dollar Tree an outperform vote.
Dollar General presently has a consensus target price of $153.08, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Dollar Tree has a consensus target price of $150.05, indicating a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Dollar Tree's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dollar Tree is more favorable than Dollar General.
91.8% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dollar General shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Dollar Tree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dollar General had 11 more articles in the media than Dollar Tree. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Dollar General and 11 mentions for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Dollar General's score of 0.48 indicating that Dollar Tree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dollar General has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Dollar Tree's net margin of -3.26%. Dollar General's return on equity of 26.13% beat Dollar Tree's return on equity.
Dollar General has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar Tree has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dollar General has higher revenue and earnings than Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dollar General, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dollar General and Dollar Tree tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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