Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR) vs Walmart Inc. (WMT)

Dollar Tree, Inc. and Walmart Inc. are both Discount Stores companies. Walmart Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $960.9B against $24.6B — 39.1× the size. Dollar Tree, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.0× against 43.7×. Dollar Tree, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.18% against 6.16%. Dollar Tree, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.03% vs 3.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.0% vs 13.5%). Across the 22 metrics below, Dollar Tree, Inc. leads on 19 and Walmart Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric DLTR WMT Discount Stores median
P/E 15.96 43.68 21.84
P/S 1.24 1.31 1.24
P/B 7.28 9.21 6.15
Price to free cash flow 12.61 70.26 37.73
EV/EBITDA 9.48 21.26 13.44
EV/Sales 1.37 1.37 1.13
Earnings yield 6.27% 2.29% 3.69%
Free cash flow yield 7.93% 1.42% 2.65%

Profitability

Metric DLTR WMT Discount Stores median
Gross margin 38.74% 25.23% 27.27%
Operating margin 10.97% 4.39% 4.45%
Net margin 8.03% 3.00% 3.02%
Free cash flow margin 9.85% 1.86% 3.35%
Return on equity 45.87% 21.96% 20.83%
Return on assets 11.76% 7.82% 7.60%
Return on invested capital 25.96% 13.51% 13.21%

Growth

Metric DLTR WMT Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.18% 6.16% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 144.33% 13.28% 11.39%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.32%) 4.99% 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.90%) 10.14% 0.00%

Health

Metric DLTR WMT Discount Stores median
Debt to equity 0.86 0.54 0.39
Current ratio 1.13 0.77 1.02
Net debt to EBITDA 0.74 0.91 0.59

Dividend

Metric DLTR WMT Discount Stores median
Dividend yield — 1.01% 1.01%
Payout ratio — 0.44 0.34

Size

Metric DLTR WMT Discount Stores median
Market cap 24.59b 960.94b 18.24b

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