TSCO vs. FAST, DG, DLTR, EBAY, BLDR, CVNA, QSR, DECK, YUM, and WSM
Should you be buying Tractor Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tractor Supply include Fastenal (FAST), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), eBay (EBAY), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Carvana (CVNA), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Yum! Brands (YUM), and Williams-Sonoma (WSM). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 18 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Tractor Supply and 8 mentions for Fastenal. Fastenal's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.93 indicating that Fastenal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $253.54, indicating a potential downside of 6.14%. Fastenal has a consensus target price of $67.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.39%. Given Fastenal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fastenal is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
Fastenal has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastenal has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tractor Supply received 591 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.83% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Fastenal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fastenal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tractor Supply beats Fastenal on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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