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DLTR vs TGT

Dollar Tree, Inc. and Target Corp., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

DLTR vs TGT, at a glance
Metric DLTR TGT
Revenue$19.4B$104.8B
Net income$1.3B$3.7B
Gross margin36.3%27.9%
Net margin6.6%3.5%
Return on equity33.2%24.0%
Diluted EPS$6.22$8.13
Dividend / share·$4.54
Payout ratio·55.4%
Free cash flow$1.1B$2.8B
Equity$3.8B$16.2B
Net debt / equity0.46×0.55×
Current ratio1.07×0.94×
Revenue CAGR 5y−5.3%2.3%
Profit CAGR 5y−0.9%−3.2%

TGT bills 5.4× the revenue of DLTR, and DLTR keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (6.6% against 3.5%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

DLTR vs TGT, revenue by year
Fiscal year DLTR TGT
FY2025$19.4B$104.8B
FY2024$17.6B$106.6B
FY2023$16.8B$107.4B
FY2022$15.4B$109.1B
FY2021$26.3B$106.0B
FY2020$25.5B$93.6B
FY2019$23.6B$78.1B
FY2018$22.8B$75.4B
FY2017$22.2B$72.7B
FY2016$20.7B$70.3B
Net income by year

Bottom line

DLTR vs TGT, net income by year
Fiscal year DLTR TGT
FY2025$1.3B$3.7B
FY2024$-3.0B$4.1B
FY2023$-998.4M$4.1B
FY2022$1.6B$2.8B
FY2021$1.3B$6.9B
FY2020$1.3B$4.4B
FY2019$827.0M$3.3B
FY2018$-1.6B$2.9B
FY2017$1.7B$2.9B
FY2016$896.2M$2.7B
Revenue gap over time

18 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−$85,368,200,000TGT
FY2024−$88,987,500,000TGT
FY2023−$90,630,900,000TGT
FY2022−$93,708,500,000TGT
FY2021−$79,683,800,000TGT
FY2020−$68,051,700,000TGT
FY2019−$54,501,200,000TGT
FY2018−$52,532,700,000TGT
FY2017−$50,468,500,000TGT
FY2016−$49,551,800,000TGT
FY2015−$58,286,600,000TGT
FY2014−$64,015,800,000TGT
FY2013−$63,438,700,000TGT
FY2012−$65,906,500,000TGT
FY2011−$63,234,500,000TGT
FY2010−$61,507,600,000TGT
FY2009−$60,125,800,000TGT
FY2008−$60,303,100,000TGT

TGT has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 18 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

18 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

10 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025+3.1 ppDLTR
FY2024−21.1 ppTGT
FY2023−9.8 ppTGT
FY2022+7.9 ppDLTR
FY2021−1.5 ppTGT
FY2020+0.6 ppDLTR
FY2011+3.2 ppDLTR
FY2010+2.4 ppDLTR
FY2009+2.3 ppDLTR
FY2008+1.5 ppDLTR

The higher net margin has changed hands between DLTR and TGT over this period.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

DLTR's net margin has been more volatile than TGT's over the 10 comparable fiscal years — 7.8 percentage points of standard deviation against 1.0.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between DLTR and TGT over these 10 fiscal years — DLTR led in 7 and TGT in 3.

10 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

DLTR's return on equity has been more volatile than TGT's over the 18 comparable fiscal years — 23.9 percentage points of standard deviation against 11.8.

18 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

The lead in return on equity changed hands between DLTR and TGT over these 18 fiscal years — DLTR led in 9 and TGT in 9.

18 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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