DKS vs. TSCO, ULTA, FIVE, SIG, WINA, SBH, HZO, ODP, BGFV, and SN
Should you be buying DICK'S Sporting Goods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DICK'S Sporting Goods include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), MarineMax (HZO), ODP (ODP), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and SharkNinja (SN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
DICK'S Sporting Goods vs. Its Competitors
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
DICK'S Sporting Goods currently has a consensus price target of $219.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.36%. Tractor Supply has a consensus price target of $58.02, indicating a potential upside of 5.22%. Given DICK'S Sporting Goods' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DICK'S Sporting Goods is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 8.49% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.24%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 47.56% beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity.
DICK'S Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $4.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. DICK'S Sporting Goods pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tractor Supply pays out 45.8% 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. DICK'S Sporting Goods has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Tractor Supply has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. DICK'S Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tractor Supply. DICK'S Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.8% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held 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.
In the previous week, DICK'S Sporting Goods had 14 more articles in the media than Tractor Supply. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods and 19 mentions for Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' score of 0.85 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DICK'S Sporting Goods and Tractor Supply tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DKS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
