Will Dollar General or Dollar Tree Have the Better Q1 Report?

By Chris Lange Published May 27, 10:26AM EDT

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Both Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG | DG Price Prediction) and Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) are scheduled to announce their most recent quarterly reports on Thursday morning. The question is, which discount retailer will have a better report?

Consensus estimates are calling for Dollar General to have $1.70 in earnings per share (EPS) and $7.4 billion in revenue. The first quarter of last year reportedly had $1.48 in EPS and $6.62 billion in revenue.

Overall, Dollar General has outperformed the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average, with its stock up about 16% year to date. In the past 52 weeks, the stock is up closer to 48%.

Here’s what a few analysts had to say ahead of the report:

Credit Suisse has a Hold rating.
UBS has a Buy rating with a $200 price target.
Deutsche Bank has a Hold rating and a $187 price target.
Raymond James rates it a Strong Buy with a $205 price target.
Telsey Advisory Group rates it as Outperform with a $200 target.
Oppenheimer has a Buy rating and a $205 target price.
Goldman Sachs has a Buy rating with a $202 price target.

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As for Dollar Tree, analysts are expecting it to post $0.91 in EPS and $6.11 billion in revenue. The retailer said it had $1.14 in EPS and $5.78 billion in revenue in the same period of last year.

Excluding Wednesday’s move, Dollar Tree has underperformed the broad markets, with its stock down over 9% year to date. In the past 52 weeks, the stock is down over 13%.

A few analysts have weighed in on the stock:

Deutsche Bank has a Buy rating and a $97 price target.
Goldman Sachs has a Buy rating with an $89 price target.
Piper Sandler has an Overweight rating with a $95 target.
Citigroup’s Buy rating comes with a $103 price target.
Telsey Advisory Group has an Underperform rating.

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Dollar General stock traded at $180.82 on Wednesday, in a 52-week range of $118.20 to $185.01. The consensus price target is $177.52.

Dollar Tree stock was up over 2% to $87.50. The 52-week range is $60.20 to $119.71, and the consensus analyst target is $89.09.

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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.