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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 valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $245.60, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Target has a consensus target price of $116.70, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Target's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Target is more favorable than Amazon.com.

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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.98
Target
1 Sell rating(s)
24 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% 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 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%

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 259 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 264 mentions for Amazon.com and 5 mentions for Target. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Target's score of 0.36 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
162 Very Positive mention(s)
38 Positive mention(s)
41 Neutral mention(s)
17 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Target
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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$637.96B3.71$59.25B$6.1436.34
Target$106.57B0.44$4.09B$9.1011.45

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Target on 13 of the 17 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$47.28B$91.74B$26.75B$20.71B
Dividend Yield4.31%1.78%175.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio11.4524.0929.7728.08
Price / Sales0.441.334.6638.37
Price / Cash6.7418.8148.8322.53
Price / Book3.178.345.934.58
Net Income$4.09B$2.14B$872.48M$985.54M
7 Day Performance4.81%2.51%3.97%2.79%
1 Month Performance7.02%0.13%3.45%4.37%
1 Year Performance-28.48%1.25%21.55%15.08%

Target Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGT
Target
4.8328 of 5 stars
$104.17
-1.2%
$116.70
+12.0%
-28.5%$47.28B$106.57B11.45440,000
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6196 of 5 stars
$219.92
-0.2%
$246.23
+12.0%
+11.6%$2.33T$637.96B35.821,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.5915 of 5 stars
$982.36
-0.4%
$1,034.79
+5.3%
+11.4%$435.66B$254.45B55.72333,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ROST
Ross Stores
4.9295 of 5 stars
$131.52
+1.2%
$158.94
+20.8%
-9.7%$43.02B$21.13B20.78107,000News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
DG
Dollar General
4.3546 of 5 stars
$115.48
+0.2%
$109.08
-5.5%
-10.8%$25.41B$40.61B22.04194,200
HD
Home Depot
4.865 of 5 stars
$372.05
-0.3%
$426.77
+14.7%
+11.0%$370.16B$159.51B25.24520,700Trending News
KR
Kroger
4.0991 of 5 stars
$70.18
-1.6%
$70.00
-0.3%
+34.1%$46.38B$147.12B19.12409,000Trending News
KSS
Kohl's
3.6442 of 5 stars
$9.20
+0.4%
$9.75
+6.0%
-58.6%$1.03B$16.22B8.4487,000News Coverage
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.8512 of 5 stars
$226.96
-0.7%
$271.12
+19.5%
+6.6%$127.20B$83.67B18.80270,000Positive News
TJX
TJX Companies
4.842 of 5 stars
$125.27
+0.1%
$141.53
+13.0%
+12.8%$139.94B$56.36B29.48364,000Positive News
WMT
Walmart
4.737 of 5 stars
$97.62
-0.6%
$106.67
+9.3%
+40.3%$779.05B$680.99B41.722,100,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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