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TGT vs. AMZN, COST, ROST, DG, HD, KR, KSS, LOW, TJX, and WMT

Should you be buying Target stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Target include Amazon.com (AMZN), Costco Wholesale (COST), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), Home Depot (HD), Kroger (KR), Kohl's (KSS), Lowe's Companies (LOW), TJX Companies (TJX), and Walmart (WMT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Target vs. Its Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Target (NYSE:TGT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Target. Target is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.86$59.25B$6.5635.22
Target$106.57B0.44$4.09B$9.1011.32

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Target's net margin of 3.95%. Target's return on equity of 25.59% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.54% 23.84% 11.14%
Target 3.95%25.59%6.55%

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 209 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 235 mentions for Amazon.com and 26 mentions for Target. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Target's score of 0.18 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
158 Very Positive mention(s)
36 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Target
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $262.87, indicating a potential upside of 13.78%. Target has a consensus price target of $115.42, indicating a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Target.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02
Target
3 Sell rating(s)
22 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Summary

Amazon.com beats Target on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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TGT vs. The Competition

MetricTargetRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$47.37B$93.38B$27.29B$20.94B
Dividend Yield4.37%1.74%171.37%3.58%
P/E Ratio11.3224.9726.0627.94
Price / Sales0.441.4214.6656.00
Price / Cash6.7519.7960.6723.77
Price / Book3.229.184.985.26
Net Income$4.09B$2.14B$874.58M$994.11M
7 Day Performance-2.33%-0.74%1.73%1.79%
1 Month Performance1.60%5.52%1.07%1.73%
1 Year Performance-28.49%5.21%18.36%13.35%

Target Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGT
Target
4.9501 of 5 stars
$102.99
-1.2%
$115.42
+12.1%
-27.3%$47.37B$106.57B11.32440,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.5959 of 5 stars
$224.66
+1.4%
$262.45
+16.8%
+30.1%$2.40T$637.96B34.251,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.3131 of 5 stars
$978.85
-1.3%
$1,050.00
+7.3%
+10.8%$434.10B$254.45B55.52333,000Trending News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.7448 of 5 stars
$150.28
+1.5%
$159.06
+5.8%
-0.6%$49.15B$21.13B23.74107,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DG
Dollar General
4.2805 of 5 stars
$115.83
+0.6%
$108.80
-6.1%
-6.6%$25.49B$40.61B22.11194,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HD
Home Depot
4.5601 of 5 stars
$407.46
+2.9%
$427.38
+4.9%
+10.9%$405.39B$162.95B27.64520,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KR
Kroger
4.5383 of 5 stars
$70.36
-4.3%
$70.53
+0.2%
+31.7%$46.50B$147.12B19.17409,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KSS
Kohl's
3.9854 of 5 stars
$14.03
+9.4%
$9.89
-29.5%
-30.9%$1.57B$16.22B12.8787,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.4734 of 5 stars
$256.65
+4.8%
$270.68
+5.5%
+4.9%$143.84B$83.67B21.26270,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
TJX
TJX Companies
4.6436 of 5 stars
$134.07
+0.5%
$141.06
+5.2%
+18.9%$149.77B$56.36B31.55364,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WMT
Walmart
4.3802 of 5 stars
$101.05
-2.5%
$106.87
+5.8%
+36.6%$806.42B$680.99B43.182,100,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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