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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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $254.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. Target has a consensus price target of $115.65, suggesting a potential upside of 9.07%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
45 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Target
2 Sell rating(s)
23 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Target pays an annual dividend of $4.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Amazon.com pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Target pays out 50.1% 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.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 262 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 272 mentions for Amazon.com and 10 mentions for Target. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Target's score of 0.34 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
172 Very Positive mention(s)
46 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Target
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Target shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Target shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% 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.com10.14% 24.14% 10.90%
Target 3.95%25.59%6.55%

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$650.31B3.78$59.25B$6.1437.69
Target$105.88B0.46$4.09B$9.1011.65

Summary

Amazon.com beats Target on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TGT 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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TGT vs. The Competition

MetricTargetRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$48.18B$89.53B$26.87B$21.04B
Dividend Yield4.17%1.77%177.03%3.59%
P/E Ratio11.6524.2130.6128.45
Price / Sales0.461.376.4871.96
Price / Cash6.8618.9652.3122.92
Price / Book3.318.605.694.69
Net Income$4.09B$2.14B$880.44M$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.55%1.93%2.32%1.66%
1 Month Performance8.59%6.16%7.08%4.55%
1 Year Performance-28.84%3.85%25.92%10.01%

Target Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGT
Target
4.6418 of 5 stars
$106.03
+0.2%
$115.65
+9.1%
-27.5%$48.18B$105.88B11.65440,000
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.4549 of 5 stars
$228.29
+0.4%
$254.33
+11.4%
+28.7%$2.42T$650.31B37.181,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.7104 of 5 stars
$941.19
0.0%
$1,037.48
+10.2%
+14.6%$417.40B$254.45B53.39333,000Trending News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.856 of 5 stars
$137.17
+1.0%
$158.94
+15.9%
-2.0%$44.86B$21.13B21.67107,000Positive News
DG
Dollar General
4.6061 of 5 stars
$109.12
-0.6%
$108.40
-0.7%
-9.1%$24.01B$41.13B20.82194,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HD
Home Depot
4.8523 of 5 stars
$376.24
+1.4%
$426.77
+13.4%
+6.2%$374.33B$159.51B25.53520,700Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.5973 of 5 stars
$72.85
+0.3%
$70.16
-3.7%
+34.1%$48.15B$146.97B19.85409,000Trending News
KSS
Kohl's
3.6504 of 5 stars
$12.29
-14.3%
$9.75
-20.7%
-36.2%$1.38B$16.22B11.2887,000Trending News
Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.9502 of 5 stars
$228.53
+1.3%
$271.12
+18.6%
-3.4%$128.08B$83.67B18.93270,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TJX
TJX Companies
4.9578 of 5 stars
$126.29
+0.6%
$141.06
+11.7%
+13.5%$141.08B$56.36B29.72364,000Positive News
WMT
Walmart
4.6654 of 5 stars
$95.59
-0.3%
$106.67
+11.6%
+39.2%$762.88B$685.09B40.852,100,000Trending News
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This page (NYSE:TGT) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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