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Dollar General - DG Competitors

$208.57
+0.88 (+0.42%)
(As of 03/31/2023 12:22 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$207.63
$209.10
50-Day Range
$202.85
$238.42
52-Week Range
$183.25
$262.20
Volume
615,189 shs
Average Volume
2.03 million shs
Market Capitalization
$45.70 billion
P/E Ratio
19.53
Dividend Yield
1.05%
Price Target
$248.75

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dollar GeneralOutperform Votes
1167
71.20%
Underperform Votes
472
28.80%
Dollar TreeOutperform Votes
1080
68.88%
Underperform Votes
488
31.12%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dollar General$37.84 billion1.20$2.42 billion$10.6819.45
Dollar Tree$28.32 billion1.10$1.62 billion$7.2119.53

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dollar General
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dollar Tree
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dollar General 6.38% 40.63% 8.53%
Dollar Tree 5.70% 19.19% 7.10%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dollar General
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Dollar Tree
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.
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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 GeneralVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.51B$57.78B$16.46B$14.36B
Dividend Yield1.07%2.99%171.09%3.87%
P/E Ratio19.4522.6933.7219.94
Price / Sales1.201.0911.9610.53
Price / Cash14.6618.9135.8224.45
Price / Book8.215.534.836.81
Net Income$2.42B$1.96B$543.87M$868.28M
7 Day Performance0.91%1.55%2.19%2.91%
1 Month Performance-3.98%-1.94%-4.47%-4.83%
1 Year Performance-6.71%2.84%-11.77%-12.88%

Dollar General Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.072 of 5 stars
$141.95
+0.2%
$166.80
+17.5%
-12.2%$31.34B$28.33B19.69207,548Insider Buying
Short Interest ↓
TGT
Target
2.8363 of 5 stars
$158.11
-1.0%
$181.69
+14.9%
-27.8%$72.79B$109.12B26.44440,000Negative News
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
2.6204 of 5 stars
$1,656.72
+0.2%
$1,844.79
+11.4%
+6.2%$45.76B$8.63B51.68104,958Analyst Upgrade
AZO
AutoZone
2.5333 of 5 stars
$2,395.37
-0.4%
$2,652.76
+10.7%
+16.6%$44.07B$16.25B19.69112,000Insider Selling
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
2.2162 of 5 stars
$832.08
+0.4%
$859.60
+3.3%
+20.8%$51.45B$14.41B24.8587,745
JD
JD.com
2.6282 of 5 stars
$41.18
-0.9%
$73.00
+77.3%
-27.8%$55.77B$151.69B46.27298,717Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
News Coverage
YUM
Yum! Brands
2.6817 of 5 stars
$128.41
-0.1%
$145.81
+13.6%
+7.0%$35.99B$6.84B28.1636,000Insider Selling
ROST
Ross Stores
2.8957 of 5 stars
$102.47
-0.6%
$120.35
+17.5%
+11.4%$35.29B$18.70B23.34100,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
KR
Kroger
2.2997 of 5 stars
$49.04
+0.2%
$53.65
+9.4%
-13.0%$35.10B$148.26B15.97420,000Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
MELI
MercadoLibre
1.8791 of 5 stars
$1,224.88
+2.4%
$1,305.00
+6.5%
+4.7%$61.56B$10.54B128.3913,856Analyst Report
This page (NYSE:DG) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff