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TGT vs. DG, DLTR, BJ, OLLI, MNSO, FIVE, PSMT, WMT, COST, and BKNG

Should you be buying Target stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Target include Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), PriceSmart (PSMT), Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), and Booking (BKNG).

Target vs.

Dollar General (NYSE:DG) 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 earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

Target received 6292 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.36% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dollar GeneralOutperform Votes
1209
67.02%
Underperform Votes
595
32.98%
TargetOutperform Votes
7501
89.36%
Underperform Votes
893
10.64%

Dollar General has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Target has a net margin of 4.06% compared to Dollar General's net margin of 3.33%. Target's return on equity of 31.11% beat Dollar General's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dollar General3.33% 18.85% 4.27%
Target 4.06%31.11%7.77%

In the previous week, Dollar General had 5 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Dollar General and 35 mentions for Target. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Target's score of -0.14 indicating that Dollar General is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dollar General
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Target
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

91.8% of Dollar General shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Target shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Dollar General shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Target shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Target pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Dollar General pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Target pays out 50.6% 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. Target has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years. Target is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dollar General$40.61B0.55$1.66B$5.1119.73
Target$106.57B0.40$4.14B$8.8610.50

Dollar General currently has a consensus price target of $95.48, indicating a potential downside of 5.29%. Target has a consensus price target of $127.29, indicating a potential upside of 36.86%. Given Target's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Target is more favorable than Dollar General.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dollar General
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Target
2 Sell rating(s)
22 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.26

Summary

Target beats Dollar General on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TGT vs. The Competition

MetricTargetVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.26B$110.99B$25.04B$19.38B
Dividend Yield4.62%2.06%169.79%3.83%
P/E Ratio9.8621.0724.1834.23
Price / Sales0.401.003.9634.85
Price / Cash8.5217.7219.4117.51
Price / Book3.206.536.114.69
Net Income$4.14B$2.55B$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.96%3.76%-1.33%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-0.90%12.26%11.59%9.79%
1 Year Performance-40.28%7.48%6.90%3.27%

Target Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGT
Target
4.8576 of 5 stars
$94.18
+1.3%
$125.35
+33.1%
-40.3%$42.83B$106.57B10.01450,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DG
Dollar General
4.3018 of 5 stars
$87.55
+0.8%
$95.16
+8.7%
-29.3%$19.26B$40.61B14.42163,000Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.7682 of 5 stars
$86.06
+0.4%
$82.68
-3.9%
-22.5%$18.51B$17.58B-18.04210,600Positive News
Gap Down
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.539 of 5 stars
$108.24
+0.4%
$112.12
+3.6%
+46.0%$14.25B$20.50B26.0234,000Trending News
Earnings Report
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.0776 of 5 stars
$113.58
-0.3%
$123.08
+8.4%
+59.5%$6.97B$2.27B33.909,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MNSO
MINISO Group
4.4468 of 5 stars
$19.80
-0.2%
$26.03
+31.5%
-9.6%$6.19B$16.99B17.843,370Upcoming Earnings
FIVE
Five Below
3.5061 of 5 stars
$104.22
+2.5%
$97.25
-6.7%
-17.3%$5.74B$3.88B21.4920,200Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PSMT
PriceSmart
1.5957 of 5 stars
$101.46
-0.8%
N/A+21.6%$3.12B$5.08B22.3510,600
WMT
Walmart
4.2632 of 5 stars
$96.69
+0.8%
$103.94
+7.5%
+48.1%$773.61B$680.99B40.122,300,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.0873 of 5 stars
$991.54
-0.7%
$1,024.03
+3.3%
+28.0%$439.93B$264.09B58.22304,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BKNG
Booking
4.3526 of 5 stars
$5,216.55
-0.9%
$5,299.29
+1.6%
+38.5%$169.75B$24.09B30.1524,300Positive News

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This page (NYSE:TGT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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