Zacks Research Decreases Earnings Estimates for Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2027 EPS estimates for shares of Dollar Tree in a research report issued on Wednesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Lohia now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.79. The consensus estimate for Dollar Tree’s current full-year earnings is $5.39 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Dollar Tree’s Q1 2028 earnings at $1.53 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $6.75 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on shares of Dollar Tree from $86.00 to $92.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, June 5th. Cfra Research raised shares of Dollar Tree to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Dollar Tree from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $72.00 to $111.00 in a report on Thursday, June 5th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Dollar Tree from $95.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Dollar Tree from $80.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $90.26.

Dollar Tree Price Performance

Shares of DLTR stock opened at $97.53 on Thursday. Dollar Tree has a 12-month low of $60.49 and a 12-month high of $109.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $86.95 and a 200-day moving average of $77.01.

Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, June 4th. The company reported $1.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $4.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.52 billion. Dollar Tree had a negative net margin of 12.15% and a positive return on equity of 19.36%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.43 EPS.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director William W. Douglas III bought 701 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of $75.00 per share, with a total value of $52,575.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 1,377 shares in the company, valued at $103,275. This trade represents a 103.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CMO Richard L. Mcneely sold 21,026 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.62, for a total transaction of $1,989,480.12. Following the completion of the sale, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 50,419 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,770,645.78. The trade was a 29.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 22,441 shares of company stock valued at $2,095,333. 6.60% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Dollar Tree by 1.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,839,718 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,789,648,000 after buying an additional 389,490 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Dollar Tree by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 9,994,978 shares of the company’s stock valued at $750,323,000 after buying an additional 74,230 shares during the last quarter. EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. grew its stake in Dollar Tree by 21.4% in the 1st quarter. EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. now owns 9,641,507 shares of the company’s stock valued at $723,788,000 after buying an additional 1,701,344 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors grew its stake in Dollar Tree by 30.1% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 8,753,693 shares of the company’s stock valued at $656,000,000 after buying an additional 2,023,819 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its stake in Dollar Tree by 382.7% in the 4th quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 6,524,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $488,974,000 after buying an additional 5,173,238 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.40% of the company’s stock.

Dollar Tree Company Profile

Dollar Tree, Inc operates retail discount stores. The company operates in two segments, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. The Dollar Tree segment offers merchandise at the fixed price of $ 1.25. It provides consumable merchandise, which includes everyday consumables, such as household paper and chemicals, food, candy, health, personal care products, and frozen and refrigerated food; variety merchandise comprising toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, arts and crafts supplies, and other items; and seasonal goods that include Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Valentine's Day merchandise.