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Dollar TreeDLTR

Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Chesapeake, Virginia · In the S&P 500
Solid businessPricier than peers
$133.87+1.39%After hours: $133.71 (−0.12%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 32.1% over 1 year
Dollar Tree over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$100$120$140Nov2026MarMayJulSep$133.87$100$120$140NovMarJul$133.87
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$25.12B
Price to earnings16.3x
Forward P/E19.5x
Dividend yield–
Year to date+8.8%
One year+32.1%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$86.80$141.21

Quality and valuation

How Dollar Tree compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Dollar Tree and 4 consumer staples merchandise retail peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: pricier than most

An average business among consumer staples companies, priced above most of them.

Dollar Tree trades at 19.5 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +8.2% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 38.7% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 11.0% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 9.9% vs 10.3%
DLTR trades at 19.5x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail peers
DG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6xDG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Dollar Tree's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 1 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 7.0% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$4.9bnQ2 ’26$0bn$2bn$4bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$4.9bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +7.0% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−40%−20%0%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’257.0%Q2 ’26−40%−20%0%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’257.0%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 14.1% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2514.1%Q2 ’260%5%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2514.1%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $2.0 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$675mQ2 ’26$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$675mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsDLTRSector median
Revenue growth+8.2%+4.9%
Gross margin38.7%40.5%
Operating margin11.0%13.6%
Free cash flow margin9.9%10.3%
Price to earnings16.3x24.5x

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Similar companies

Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
WMTWalmart$123.51+1.86%+10.9%$980B
COSTCostco$1,012.28+1.78%+17.4%$449B
TGTTarget$154.38+1.69%+57.9%$70.13B
DGDollar General$132.30+1.70%−0.4%$29.19B