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NYSE:TGT

Target - TGT Competitors

$156.12
-1.35 (-0.86%)
(As of 03/23/2023 04:03 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$154.45
$159.24
50-Day Range
$157.47
$181.02
52-Week Range
$137.16
$254.87
Volume
2.79 million shs
Average Volume
3.31 million shs
Market Capitalization
$71.87 billion
P/E Ratio
26.11
Dividend Yield
2.77%
Price Target
$181.69

TGT vs. DG, DLTR, COST, MELI, TJX, JD, ORLY, CVS, BKNG, and CMG

Should you be buying Target stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Target include Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Costco Wholesale (COST), MercadoLibre (MELI), TJX Companies (TJX), JD.com (JD), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), CVS Health (CVS), Booking (BKNG), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Target vs.

Target (NYSE:TGT) and Dollar General (NYSE:DG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Target$109.12 billion0.66$2.78 billion$5.9826.33
Dollar General$37.84 billion1.22$2.42 billion$10.6819.33

In the previous week, Dollar General had 69 more articles in the media than Target. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Dollar General and 10 mentions for Target. Dollar General's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Target's score of -0.12 indicating that Dollar General is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Target
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dollar General
8 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Target has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dollar General has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Target pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Dollar General pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Target pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dollar General pays out 20.6% 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.

Dollar General has a net margin of 6.38% compared to Target's net margin of 2.55%. Dollar General's return on equity of 40.63% beat Target's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Target 2.55% 25.63% 5.27%
Dollar General 6.38% 40.63% 8.53%

78.9% of Target shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Dollar General shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Target shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Dollar General shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Target currently has a consensus target price of $181.69, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Dollar General has a consensus target price of $248.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.50%. Given Dollar General's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dollar General is more favorable than Target.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Target
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Dollar General
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Target received 6238 more outperform votes than Dollar General when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 90.56% of users gave Target an outperform vote while only 71.20% of users gave Dollar General an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TargetOutperform Votes
7405
90.56%
Underperform Votes
772
9.44%
Dollar GeneralOutperform Votes
1167
71.20%
Underperform Votes
472
28.80%

Summary

Dollar General beats Target on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

MetricTargetVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$72.49B$57.25B$16.06B$14.09B
Dividend Yield2.71%2.80%169.65%3.91%
P/E Ratio26.3322.6834.0919.39
Price / Sales0.661.0911.7910.11
Price / Cash13.3518.1335.5516.73
Price / Book6.455.514.796.80
Net Income$2.78B$1.97B$536.94M$871.81M
7 Day Performance-3.42%-1.12%-1.20%-1.29%
1 Month Performance-4.85%-2.51%-6.35%-8.09%
1 Year Performance-27.34%2.20%-13.65%-14.76%

Target Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DG
Dollar General
2.8665 of 5 stars
$206.44
-1.7%
$248.75
+20.5%
-8.7%$46.15B$37.84B19.33163,000Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
DLTR
Dollar Tree
2.9861 of 5 stars
$138.63
-1.7%
$166.80
+20.3%
-11.5%$30.67B$28.32B19.23207,548Analyst Revision
COST
Costco Wholesale
2.8134 of 5 stars
$487.52
-0.7%
$550.16
+12.8%
-12.9%$216.21B$234.39B35.82304,000Analyst Revision
MELI
MercadoLibre
2.3053 of 5 stars
$1,186.63
-2.8%
$1,305.00
+10.0%
-2.3%$59.64B$10.54B124.3813,856Analyst Revision
TJX
TJX Companies
2.7241 of 5 stars
$75.13
-1.6%
$86.07
+14.6%
+22.9%$86.81B$49.94B25.21340,000Options Volume
JD
JD.com
2.6223 of 5 stars
$38.50
-2.6%
$73.00
+89.6%
-40.5%$52.14B$151.69B43.26298,717
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
2.1146 of 5 stars
$808.97
-1.3%
$859.60
+6.3%
+17.8%$50.02B$14.41B24.1687,745
CVS
CVS Health
2.9758 of 5 stars
$74.41
-1.5%
$119.65
+60.8%
-30.6%$95.55B$322.47B23.85300,000Dividend Announcement
BKNG
Booking
2.3304 of 5 stars
$2,558.24
-0.5%
$2,675.16
+4.6%
+16.2%$96.32B$17.09B32.8521,600
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
2.5266 of 5 stars
$1,622.47
-0.3%
$1,844.79
+13.7%
+4.1%$44.81B$8.63B50.61104,958
This page (NYSE:TGT) was last updated on 3/23/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff