We're taking a closer look at Dollar Tree today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 8.1% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Dollar Tree, Inc. operates retail discount stores under the Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada brands in the United States and Canada.
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Dollar Tree has moved -35.1% over the last year compared to 6.4% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -41.5%
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DLTR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -5.45% away from its mean target price of $83.71 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $4.83
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Dollar Tree has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.06 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.1
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 4.28 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Dollar Tree is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.6 and an average P/B of 3.19
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Dollar Tree has on average reported free cash flows of $1.07 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -7.6%