PREVIEW: Dollar Tree slumps ahead of report as competition heightens
** Dollar Tree's DLTR.O shares down ~1% amid broader selloff in equities on Tues with discount retailer's Q2 results due early Weds, as competition escalates for consumers on tight budgets
** DLTR shares on course for 8th straight session of declines. This as S&P 500 .SPX drops 1.5% with economic data in focus .N
** Peer Dollar General's DG.N stock on Thurs plunged 32%, its biggest drop on record, after co said increased promotional activity would pressure sales and margins for balance of 2024
** Deep-pocketed rivals such as Walmart WMT.N and Target TGT.N have undercut dollar stores by offering low-priced daily essentials, and Temu, China's PDD Holdings' PDD.O e-commerce platform, has also weighed on their business
** For qtr end-Jul, Wall Street expects DLTR's rev to rise ~2% yr/yr to $7.5 bln and same-store sales growth of ~1.5%, per LSEG data
** Adj EPS of $1.04 anticipated to be up from $0.91 a yr ago
** Avg rating among 28 analysts covering DLTR is "buy" and breakdown of recommendations is 14 "strong buy" or "buy", 13 "hold" and 1 "sell"
** Median PT of $130 represents ~56% premium to stock's current level of $83.55
** With move on Tues, stock off ~41% YTD. In comparison, S&P 500 Consumer Staples sector .SPLRCS and SPX both up ~17% this year so far
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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