The Most Important Facts About Dollar Tree

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, October 28 10:15 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Dollar Tree has moved -1.5% so far today on a volume of 413,749, compared to its average of 4,507,156. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Dollar Tree trades -6.66% away from its average analyst target price of $108.26 per share. The 23 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $70.0 to $135.0, and on average have given Dollar Tree a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying DLTR should be aware of the facts below:

Dollar Tree has moved 59.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.16, Dollar Tree has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
DLTR has a forward P/E ratio of 16.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.06 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.74 compared to its sector average of 2.93
Dollar Tree, Inc. operates retail discount stores under the Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada brands in the United States and Canada.
Based in Chesapeake, the company has 64,434 full time employees and a market cap of $20.61 Billion.

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