Discount Stores Stocks in the US

The largest Discount Stores stocks in the US by market value are Walmart Inc. ($995.6B), Costco Wholesale Corporation ($466.9B) and Target Corporation ($72.0B), at prices of 6 Nov 2026.

• Walmart Inc.: $125.49 | market value $995.6B | P/E 40.1
• Costco Wholesale Corporation: $1,053.55 | market value $466.9B | P/E 45.4
• Target Corporation: $158.39 | market value $72.0B | P/E 14.9
• Dollar General Corporation: $133.76 | market value $29.5B | P/E 16.5
• Dollar Tree, Inc.: $131.02 | market value $24.6B | P/E 15.2
• BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.: $109.40 | market value $13.8B | P/E 21
• Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.: $90.40 | market value $5.4B | P/E 16.2
• PriceSmart, Inc.: $162.46 | market value $4.9B | P/E 31.4

Share price | market value | P/E, biggest first. Prices and market values as of 6 Nov 2026; ratios as in the score list below.

Ranked by the 4-Factor Sector Score (growth & earnings 35, capital efficiency 25, valuation 20, relative strength 20). Prices as of 6 Nov 2026.

9 Discount Stores companies in the Discount Stores industry group (every listed company) have a page on Sector Alpha, by market value as of 6 November 2026, and all 9 are listed below, largest first. The largest is Walmart Inc. ($995.6 billion) and the smallest with a market value is PriceSmart, Inc.

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The line below covers up to 5.2 years and opens on the 5Y view; the buttons cut it shorter. Over the last two years (104 weeks) this industry is 31% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 11% on average over the last four reported quarters. It has been ahead of S&P 500 on a rolling three-month view for 6 weeks running.

Price and the fundamentals both up. 8 of 9 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months. 1 is 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more.

Ahead of S&P 500 on the three-month view for 6 weeks running; 8 of the 9 companies in the industry index above their 200-day average (2 more than four weeks earlier); 8 of those 9 ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months (4 more than four weeks earlier); earnings rising at 8 of the 9 that report earnings.

Ahead of S&P 500 for 6 weeks running, participation still rising at 4 → 8 of 9. Earnings confirming, 8 of 9 members have higher trailing twelve-month earnings than a year ago.

Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the gap between them tells the story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 9 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member set to 100 at the start and the industry taking the middle value, so a price line pulling away from flat bars means the market is paying more for the same earnings. A bar turns grey when that figure is lower than the quarter before. The rules are fixed and the same everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover or tap any point to read both values and the gap.

Discount Stores has done better than the S&P 500 by 24.3% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 17.8%. Target Corporation is the strongest against the sector itself at +6.7%.

Discount Stores has done better than the S&P 500 by 24.3% over 52 weeks and by 17.8% over 13 weeks. 7 of 8 companies we track are beating the S&P 500 on relative strength (how a share price has done against the index over recent months), and 1 of 8 is ahead of the industry itself.

A score that ranks each company against the others in its industry. The four parts shown always add up to the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or old evidence affects only its own part, never as a hidden adjustment.

Dollar Tree, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 76.7% evidence confidence.

Target Corporation scores well on valuation against its peers or its own history, but its earnings have not yet improved enough to back that up.

Target Corporation has the strongest one-year price move in Discount Stores at +73.6%. It also leads on relative strength against the S&P 500, at +21.6%. 7 of 8 companies we track are ahead of the index on that measure. Every line covers 313 weekly closes through 6 November 2026.

Price and relative strength

Price · same starting point: Every company, the sector's own index and S&P 500 all start level on the left edge of the window, so only the distance between the lines counts: the highest line has risen the most since then, and the chart at the top of this page is drawn the same way. It opens on one year; the buttons beside it stretch that to three or five.

RS vs S&P 500: How far ahead of or behind S&P 500 each company has been running, measured against its own recent average of that comparison, so the flat line at zero IS S&P 500: above it the company is beating the market, below it the market is beating the company. It opens on one year.

RS vs sector: The same measure taken against Discount Stores itself instead of the whole market, so the flat line at zero is the sector: above it the company is beating its own peers, which is the sharper test of the two. It opens on one year.

Biggest one-year moves

Strongest against S&P 500

Strongest against the sector itself

Walmart Inc. has the highest Revenue among the 8 Discount Stores companies compared here, at $735,840 million. Costco Wholesale Corporation is next at $303,154 million. Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at 14.4%, so level and change sit with different companies. 8 of 8 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Walmart Inc. is the largest at $735,840 million, 142.7% ahead of Costco Wholesale Corporation. Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.'s growth is 14.4% from a $2,793 million base, with 20 reported quarters out of the last 20. Fast growth from a smaller base is not yet the same as proven size.

What this means: Walmart Inc. is the size to compare against; Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. is the one growing fastest. The faster grower has to keep that growth and turn it into margin and returns before it counts as more than a fast start.

This conclusion weakens if: Walmart Inc.'s growth falls below Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.

Revenue · company comparison

Revenue · largest

Revenue growth · fastest growers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

In every all-company table on this page, each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above them use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

Revenue shows both size and speed. A large company can absorb shocks and pay for wide distribution; faster growth can mean market-share gains, new capacity or stronger demand. The best sign is usually growth that lasts without hurting margins and returns.

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 8 Discount Stores companies compared here, at 10.8%. Dollar General Corporation is next at 6.8%. Dollar General Corporation has the highest Margin change at +1.3 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 8 of 8 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. leads opm at 10.8%; Dollar General Corporation leads margin change at +1.3 percentage points.

What this means: Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.

Operating margin · company comparison

OPM · highest

Margin change · fastest expanders

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Walmart Inc. has the highest Net profit among the 8 Discount Stores companies compared here, at $22,076 million. Costco Wholesale Corporation is next at $9,226 million. Dollar General Corporation has the highest Profit growth at 43%, so level and change sit with different companies. 8 of 8 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Walmart Inc. earns the most, $22,076 million of profit over the last 12 months, 139.3% above Costco Wholesale Corporation. Dollar General Corporation shows 43% growth from a profit base of $1,703 million. A fast rate from a small base matters less than a large profit that keeps coming.

What this means: Walmart Inc. sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.

Net profit · company comparison

Net profit · largest

Profit growth · fastest growers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Costco Wholesale Corporation has the highest ROCE among the 8 Discount Stores companies compared here, at 25.5%. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. is next at 17.1%. Dollar General Corporation has the highest ROCE change at +1.8 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 8 of 8 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Costco Wholesale Corporation leads ROCE at 25.5%, 8.4 percentage points above BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. A high return reported once may be one good year; a high return reported year after year shows a lasting business.

What this means: Costco Wholesale Corporation sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.

Return on capital · company comparison

ROCE · highest

ROCE change · fastest improvers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Dollar General Corporation has the lowest PEG among the 8 Discount Stores companies compared here, at 0.39×. Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. is next at 0.54×. Target Corporation has the lowest P/E at 14.9×, so level and change sit with different companies. 8 of 8 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Dollar General Corporation has the lowest comparable PEG at 0.39×, 27.8% below Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. That would need today's multiple, the company's own history and steady growth to agree.

What this means: A low valuation is a reason to look closer at the business, not a conclusion on its own.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is worked out the same way every time, as the P/E on the last 12 months of reported earnings divided by that growth rate, never on expected earnings. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data feeds agreed. Where any of that fails the ratio is left out rather than printed: a P/E divided by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, is a number that looks precise and means nothing.

Valuation · company comparison

PEG · lowest PEG

P/E · lowest P/E

All-company data · latest reported quarter

This Discount Stores comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 8 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still come from a very small starting figure.

Keep these limits visible

• A high growth rate can come from a very small starting figure. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
• A high ROCE can be temporary, or look high because the capital base is small. It is best read beside margin, cash flow and how much is spent back on the business.
• The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks published data only. Management quality, upcoming events and risks are not part of it.
• An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.

This comparison is built from the reported filings of 8 Discount Stores companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Sep 2026 and market data through 6 November 2026.

These 22 answers restate the Discount Stores comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 8 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Sep 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 6 November 2026. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.