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

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

Walmart vs.

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Costco Wholesale$264.09B1.68$7.37B$17.1358.32
Walmart$680.99B1.14$15.51B$2.4140.43

In the previous week, Walmart had 16 more articles in the media than Costco Wholesale. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Walmart and 91 mentions for Costco Wholesale. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Walmart's score of 0.73 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Costco Wholesale
48 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
9 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Walmart
55 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
15 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Costco Wholesale received 286 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.02% of users gave Costco Wholesale an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Costco WholesaleOutperform Votes
1869
72.02%
Underperform Votes
726
27.98%
WalmartOutperform Votes
1583
61.88%
Underperform Votes
975
38.12%

68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Walmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Walmart's net margin of 2.85%. Costco Wholesale's return on equity of 32.31% beat Walmart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Costco Wholesale2.93% 32.31% 10.55%
Walmart 2.85%21.87%7.84%

Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Costco Wholesale pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walmart pays out 39.0% 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. Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Walmart has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus target price of $1,024.03, suggesting a potential upside of 2.50%. Walmart has a consensus target price of $103.58, suggesting a potential upside of 6.31%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Walmart is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Walmart
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
30 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.97

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Walmart on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WMT vs. The Competition

MetricWalmartVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$779.57B$101.96B$24.12B$18.96B
Dividend Yield0.99%2.16%170.05%4.01%
P/E Ratio40.4319.7722.6832.87
Price / Sales1.140.854.2528.03
Price / Cash23.5117.7219.4117.52
Price / Book8.035.805.764.47
Net Income$15.51B$2.37B$786.75M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.54%1.30%0.60%0.59%
1 Month Performance8.41%2.10%-3.95%-3.54%
1 Year Performance63.15%4.56%2.34%3.80%

Walmart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMT
Walmart
4.3093 of 5 stars
$97.44
+0.2%
$103.58
+6.3%
+65.6%$779.57B$680.99B40.432,300,000Short Interest ↑
COST
Costco Wholesale
3.9089 of 5 stars
$974.53
-0.3%
$1,024.03
+5.1%
+38.3%$432.38B$264.09B57.22304,000
PSMT
PriceSmart
1.656 of 5 stars
$98.94
-1.0%
N/A+24.1%$3.04B$5.08B21.7910,600Positive News
TGT
Target
4.8759 of 5 stars
$95.77
-0.8%
$132.37
+38.2%
-38.7%$43.59B$106.57B10.15450,000
DG
Dollar General
4.531 of 5 stars
$92.47
-1.2%
$94.75
+2.5%
-34.2%$20.30B$40.61B15.20163,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.4154 of 5 stars
$80.16
-0.5%
$81.84
+2.1%
-31.5%$17.24B$17.58B-16.80210,600Positive News
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
1.9178 of 5 stars
$114.11
+1.9%
$110.82
-2.9%
+55.9%$15.01B$20.50B27.3934,000Positive News
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.8282 of 5 stars
$106.51
-0.7%
$123.08
+15.6%
+47.3%$6.52B$2.27B31.799,900Positive News
MNSO
MINISO Group
4.3238 of 5 stars
$17.62
+3.4%
$26.03
+47.7%
-18.1%$5.51B$16.99B15.863,370Short Interest ↑
FIVE
Five Below
4.2762 of 5 stars
$75.18
-0.3%
$94.30
+25.4%
-46.9%$4.13B$3.88B15.4820,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8873 of 5 stars
$186.13
-1.5%
$246.73
+32.6%
+6.3%$1.97T$637.96B33.661,541,000Earnings Report
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