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

Dollar General has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Target has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dollar General had 23 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Dollar General and 9 mentions for Target. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Target's score of 0.69 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
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Target
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$40.61B0.51$1.66B$5.1118.33
Target$106.57B0.41$4.14B$8.8610.91

Dollar General presently has a consensus price target of $94.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.13%. Target has a consensus price target of $132.37, indicating a potential upside of 36.88%. Given Target's higher probable 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Target
1 Sell rating(s)
22 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

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%

Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Target pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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 received 6294 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 89.41% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 67.00% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dollar GeneralOutperform Votes
1206
67.00%
Underperform Votes
594
33.00%
TargetOutperform Votes
7500
89.41%
Underperform Votes
888
10.59%

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TGT vs. The Competition

MetricTargetVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$44.05B$101.79B$23.73B$18.97B
Dividend Yield4.64%2.16%170.04%4.03%
P/E Ratio10.2519.7922.3632.71
Price / Sales0.410.854.2427.85
Price / Cash8.5217.7219.4117.53
Price / Book3.325.815.754.47
Net Income$4.14B$2.37B$781.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.45%1.18%0.57%0.50%
1 Month Performance-7.35%4.25%-2.10%-2.83%
1 Year Performance-38.19%6.14%2.65%4.36%

Target Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGT
Target
4.8733 of 5 stars
$96.70
-0.2%
$132.37
+36.9%
-39.9%$44.05B$106.57B10.25450,000
DG
Dollar General
4.5258 of 5 stars
$95.46
-1.4%
$94.75
-0.7%
-32.7%$21.00B$40.61B15.73163,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.3897 of 5 stars
$83.48
+1.6%
$81.84
-2.0%
-30.8%$17.96B$17.58B-17.50210,600Positive News
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
1.9428 of 5 stars
$113.98
-0.9%
$110.82
-2.8%
+57.4%$15.01B$20.50B27.4034,000Positive News
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.8392 of 5 stars
$110.94
+1.1%
$123.08
+10.9%
+45.1%$6.80B$2.27B33.129,900Positive News
MNSO
MINISO Group
4.3155 of 5 stars
$16.97
+2.0%
$26.03
+53.4%
-19.5%$5.31B$16.99B15.293,370Short Interest ↑
FIVE
Five Below
3.7681 of 5 stars
$74.15
+3.8%
$94.30
+27.2%
-48.1%$4.08B$3.88B15.2920,200Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
PSMT
PriceSmart
1.489 of 5 stars
$100.26
+4.4%
N/A+25.9%$3.08B$5.08B22.0810,600Positive News
High Trading Volume
WMT
Walmart
4.3007 of 5 stars
$95.01
+0.2%
$103.58
+9.0%
+63.9%$761.68B$680.99B39.422,300,000Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
COST
Costco Wholesale
3.8974 of 5 stars
$975.84
-0.3%
$1,024.03
+4.9%
+37.6%$432.96B$264.09B57.30304,000Analyst Forecast
BKNG
Booking
4.0746 of 5 stars
$4,731.03
+2.9%
$5,278.66
+11.6%
+47.7%$155.25B$23.74B27.3424,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
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