Dollar General vs Target
DG and TGT side by side, both in variety stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DG and TGT compare
Target is the larger company, worth 2.4 times as much as Dollar General ($70.1B against $29.2B).
On earnings, Target is cheaper: it trades at 16.0× trailing earnings, against 17.2× for Dollar General.
Dollar General grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.8% versus 2.0% for Target).
Target keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 3.9% at Dollar General.
Both pay dividends: Dollar General yields 1.8% and Target 3.0%.
Target scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 16 for Dollar General), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DG | TGT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $29.2B | $70.1B |
| Share price | $132.30 | $154.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.4% | 64.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −41.4% | −39.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.35 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 194K | 415K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 17.2× | 16.0× (better) |
| P/S | 0.7× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/B | 3.1× (better) | 3.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.1× | 9.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 14.5× (better) | 15.7× |
| PEG | – | 1.49 |
| FCF yield | 6.9% (better) | 6.4% |
| Fair value | $160.51 | $172.88 |
| Margin of safety | 17.6% (better) | 10.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.8% (better) | 2.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.8% (better) | 2.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 43.0% (better) | 11.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 42.4% (better) | 12.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −8.4% | −1.2% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.2% (better) | 29.3% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 5.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 4.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.6% (better) | 4.1% |
| Return on equity | 19.7% | 26.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 15.0% | 16.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.49 (better) | 0.86 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.85 (better) | 1.11 |
| Interest coverage | – | 14.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.21 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.65 | 3.30 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 3.0% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 30.5% | 47.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 17 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.4% | 11.0% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.22% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.8% | 3.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 86.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.47% | 0.27% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.0M (better) | −$26.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 3.8% |
Go deeper
- DG stock overview
- DG income statement
- DG valuation and score
- TGT stock overview
- TGT income statement
- TGT valuation and score
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