FAST vs. TSCO, YUM, KR, CPNG, JD, ROST, DG, DLTR, EBAY, and AZO
Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Yum! Brands (YUM), Kroger (KR), Coupang (CPNG), JD.com (JD), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), eBay (EBAY), and AutoZone (AZO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fastenal pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Fastenal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastenal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fastenal has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.66%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 52.99% beat Fastenal's return on equity.
Tractor Supply received 590 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.85% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
Fastenal has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 64 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Tractor Supply and 14 mentions for Fastenal. Fastenal's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.49 indicating that Fastenal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fastenal currently has a consensus price target of $67.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.10%. Tractor Supply has a consensus price target of $250.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.03%. Given Fastenal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fastenal is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
Summary
Tractor Supply beats Fastenal on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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