Dollar General vs Walmart
DG and WMT 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 WMT compare
Walmart is the larger company, worth 34 times as much as Dollar General ($980B against $29.2B).
On earnings, Dollar General is cheaper: it trades at 17.2× trailing earnings, against 44.6× for Walmart.
Walmart grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.2% versus 4.8% for Dollar General).
Dollar General keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.9% compared with 3.0% at Walmart.
Both pay dividends: Dollar General yields 1.8% and Walmart 0.79%.
Dollar General scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 15 for Walmart), 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 | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $29.2B | $980B |
| Share price | $132.30 | $123.51 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.4% | 20.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −41.4% | 147% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.35 | 0.58 |
| Employees | 194K | 2.1M |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 15 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 17.2× (better) | 44.6× |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 3.1× (better) | 10.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.1× (better) | 21.6× |
| P/FCF | 14.5× (better) | 72.5× |
| PEG | – | 1.83 |
| FCF yield | 6.9% (better) | 1.4% |
| Fair value | $160.51 | $72.78 |
| Margin of safety | 17.6% (better) | −69.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.8% | 6.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.8% | 5.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 43.0% (better) | 3.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 42.4% (better) | 4.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −8.4% | 11.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.2% (better) | 25.2% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% (better) | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 3.9% (better) | 3.0% |
| FCF margin | 4.6% (better) | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 19.7% | 23.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 15.0% | 19.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.49 (better) | 0.51 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.85 | 0.82 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 17.4× |
| Current ratio | 1.21 (better) | 0.77 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.65 | 6.35 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% (better) | 0.79% |
| Payout ratio | 30.5% | 34.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 17 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.4% (better) | 5.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.71% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.8% (better) | 1.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 37.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.47% | 45.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.0M (better) | −$2.9B |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 1.9% |
Go deeper
- DG stock overview
- DG income statement
- DG valuation and score
- WMT stock overview
- WMT income statement
- WMT valuation and score
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