Dollar Tree vs PriceSmart
DLTR and PSMT side by side, both in variety stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DLTR and PSMT compare
Dollar Tree is the larger company, worth 4.9 times as much as PriceSmart ($25.1B against $5.1B).
On earnings, Dollar Tree is cheaper: it trades at 16.3× trailing earnings, against 31.8× for PriceSmart.
PriceSmart grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.2% versus 8.2% for Dollar Tree).
Dollar Tree keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.0% compared with 2.8% at PriceSmart.
PriceSmart pays a dividend yielding 0.84%; Dollar Tree does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DLTR | PSMT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $25.1B | $5.1B |
| Share price | $133.87 | $165.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.1% | 36.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 21.7% | 116% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.89 | 0.54 |
| Employees | 212K | 12K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.3× (better) | 31.8× |
| P/S | 1.3× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 7.3× | 3.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3× (better) | 14.1× |
| P/FCF | 12.7× (better) | 69.4× |
| PEG | – | 2.53 |
| FCF yield | 7.9% (better) | 1.4% |
| Fair value | $154.14 | $117.00 |
| Margin of safety | 13.2% (better) | −41.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.2% | 10.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −5.3% | 9.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 10.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 9.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 1.9% | 13.6% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.7% (better) | 17.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% (better) | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 8.0% (better) | 2.8% |
| FCF margin | 9.9% (better) | 1.3% |
| Return on equity | 45.9% (better) | 12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 30.3% (better) | 15.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.86 | 0.13 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.85 (better) | −0.39 |
| Interest coverage | – | 16.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.28 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.75 | 6.03 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.84% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 12.5% |
| Buyback yield | 7.3% (better) | 0.19% |
| Shareholder yield | 7.3% (better) | 1.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 91.1% |
| Held by insiders | 7.0% | 16.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$249M | −$13.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | 7.0% |
Go deeper
- DLTR stock overview
- DLTR income statement
- DLTR valuation and score
- PSMT stock overview
- PSMT income statement
- PSMT valuation and score
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