❉ Buffybot wonderful businesses, fair prices

← back

DLTR Dollar Tree

consumer_staples · 2026-10-01

N/A
too hard · 67
Owner-earnings value$147.20
Price$114.02
Margin of safety +29.1%

Quality gate · 67/100

Returns on capital 20.1/30
Consistency 16.4/22
Margins / pricing power 11.2/16
Balance sheet 10.2/16
Cash conversion 3.3/10
Capital allocation 5.9/6

⚠ unprofitable in too many years

Median ROIC14.1%
Gross margin38.7%
Net debt / EBITDA2.2x
Share count / yr-3.5%
Profitable years2/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.61B
Owner-earnings yield7.5%
Free-cash-flow yield9.2%
Growth used (normalized)2.9%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)-3.1%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.66B 2.9%1.52B
21.71B 3.0%1.44B
31.76B 3.0%1.36B
41.81B 3.0%1.28B
51.87B 3.0%1.21B
61.92B 3.0%1.15B
71.98B 3.0%1.08B
82.04B 3.0%1.02B
92.10B 3.0%966.19M
102.16B 3.0%913.01M

Recent news

score · 8 articles

  • Grocery chain gives up trying to beat Dollar General
  • Halloween Spending Expected to Set Record. Bargain-Hunting Dominates.
  • 2 S&P 500 Stocks Worth Your Attention and 1 We Find Risky
  • Will Dollar Tree's Strategic Initiatives and Store Expansions Aid?
  • 3 Retail Stocks Facing Margin Pressure as Consumers Trade Down
  • The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Five Below, Dollar Tree, Kohl's, Target and The TJX Companies
  • Arhaus, Sally Beauty, and Dollar Tree Stocks Trade Up, What You Need To Know
  • These 4 Retail Stocks Are Winning the Race for Inflation-Weary Bargain Hunters

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~-3%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 3%. Capped at market + 6pts.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-01 67 $114.02 $147.20 +29.1% N/A
2026-08-24 66 $131.48 $141.49 +7.6% N/A
2026-07-15 66 $124.56 $141.49 +13.6% N/A
2026-07-02 66 $121.15 $141.49 +16.8% N/A
2026-06-25 66 $119.35 $141.49 +18.5% N/A
2026-06-23 66 $113.41 $141.49 +24.8% N/A