Dollar Tree
DLTR · Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
$125.31
4.4%PriceSmart
PSMT · Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
$170.95
0.4%The short version
- Dollar Tree is the larger business, with $19.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.3B for PriceSmart, about 3.7 times as much.
- Dollar Tree grew revenue faster (10.4%, against 7.3%).
- Dollar Tree kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (8.5% operating margin, against 4.4% operating margin).
- Dollar Tree turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.4% FCF margin, against 2.0% FCF margin).
- Dollar Tree earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (21.4%, against 15.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of PriceSmart’s earnings: a P/E of 32.8x against 15.4x for Dollar Tree.
| Latest fiscal year | DLTR · FY25 | PSMT · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $23.9B | $5.2B |
| Revenue | $19.4B | $5.3B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $103M |
| Net income | $1.3B | $148M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 10.4% | 7.3% |
| 5-year growth | −5.3% | 9.6% |
| Share count change | −4.5% | 0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 17.4% |
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 2.8% |
| FCF margin | 5.4% | 2.0% |
| Return on capital | 21.4% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 33.2% | 12.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.7B | −$115M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7x | −0.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.5B | $45.4M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 15.4x | 32.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 | 7 |
FY16
DLTR $20.7B
PSMT $2.9B
FY17
DLTR $22.2B
PSMT $3.0B
FY18
DLTR $22.8B
PSMT $3.2B
FY19
DLTR $23.6B
PSMT $3.2B
FY20
DLTR $25.5B
PSMT $3.3B
FY21
DLTR $26.3B
PSMT $3.6B
FY22
DLTR $15.4B
PSMT $4.1B
FY23
DLTR $16.8B
PSMT $4.4B
FY24
DLTR $17.6B
PSMT $4.9B
FY25
DLTR $19.4B
PSMT $5.3B
DLTR
PSMT
FY16
DLTR 8.2%
PSMT 4.7%
FY17
DLTR 9.0%
PSMT 4.6%
FY18
DLTR −4.1%
PSMT 4.0%
FY19
DLTR 5.4%
PSMT 3.6%
FY20
DLTR 7.4%
PSMT 3.7%
FY21
DLTR 6.9%
PSMT 4.4%
FY22
DLTR 13.6%
PSMT 4.1%
FY23
DLTR 10.6%
PSMT 4.2%
FY24
DLTR 8.3%
PSMT 4.5%
FY25
DLTR 8.5%
PSMT 4.4%
DLTR
PSMT
FY16
DLTR $1.1B
PSMT $64.4M
FY17
DLTR $878M
PSMT −$12.3M
FY18
DLTR $949M
PSMT $21.3M
FY19
DLTR $835M
PSMT $30.3M
FY20
DLTR $1.8B
PSMT $159M
FY21
DLTR $410M
PSMT $14.0M
FY22
DLTR $976M
PSMT $1.2M
FY23
DLTR $1.5B
PSMT $115M
FY24
DLTR $893M
PSMT $39.0M
FY25
DLTR $1.1B
PSMT $103M
DLTR
PSMT
FY16
DLTR 10.4%
PSMT 17.5%
FY17
DLTR 17.6%
PSMT —
FY18
DLTR −7.0%
PSMT —
FY19
DLTR 10.0%
PSMT 10.1%
FY20
DLTR 15.7%
PSMT 11.3%
FY21
DLTR 15.3%
PSMT —
FY22
DLTR 14.7%
PSMT —
FY23
DLTR 12.4%
PSMT 13.1%
FY24
DLTR 13.4%
PSMT 11.3%
FY25
DLTR 21.4%
PSMT 15.4%
DLTR
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