Essential Facts About Dollar Tree Stock

By Scott Lee • Friday, June 06 10:08 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was Dollar Tree. Shares of the Department store company plunged -2.8%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $94.0 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

Dollar Tree has moved -13.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.1%
DLTR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -1.78% away from its mean target price of $95.71 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $5.07
Dollar Tree has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $6.06 and its forward P/E ratio is 15.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.06 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Dollar Tree is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
DLTR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 16.7% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.2 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Dollar Tree, Inc. operates retail discount stores under the Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada brands in the United States and Canada. The company offers consumable merchandise comprising everyday consumables, such as household paper and chemicals, food, candy, health, personal care products, and frozen and refrigerated food; variety merchandise consisting of toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, arts and crafts supplies, and other items; and seasonal goods, including Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Valentine's Day merchandise. Dollar Tree, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Chesapeake, Virginia.

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