AI-assembled from public SEC filings
Warehouse and discount retail peer review
Descriptive comparison assembled from public SEC filings and verified companyfacts.
Descriptive comparison — not investment advice. This feature-specific review is assembled from a frozen evidence pack of public SEC filing quotes and verified SEC companyfacts numbers. It is descriptive only and makes no judgment about which company is better. It is not a rating, recommendation, endorsement, forecast, or investment advice. Figures are as of their cited filing dates. See Disclaimer.
Methodology
Mechanical pilot cluster using SIC 5331 Retail-Variety Stores plus observable warehouse, mass merchandise, dollar, discount, and closeout retail formats in the existing company universe.
The pilot starts from public SEC SIC 5331 and keeps companies whose public filing descriptions and company pages indicate warehouse club, mass-merchandise, dollar-store, variety-store, discount, or closeout retail business models. No proprietary index membership is published.
Provenance
Verified Quantitative Matrix
Numbers are templated from frozen SEC companyfacts-derived facts already verified by grepcent. Fiscal periods and filing dates are shown in each cell; comparability markers use day-level period ends and reported XBRL source concepts.
| Metric | COST | WMT | TGT | BJ | DG | DLTR | FIVE | OLLI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Mixed reporting concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, us-gaap:Revenues. Ticker concepts: BJ -> us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; COST -> us-gaap:Revenues; DG -> us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; DLTR -> us-gaap:Revenues; FIVE -> us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; OLLI -> us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; TGT -> us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; WMT -> us-gaap:Revenues. | 275,235,000,000 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 713,163,000,000 source | 104,780,000,000 source | 21,457,274,000 source | 42,724,369,000 source | 19,411,800,000 source | 4,764,147,000 source | 2,649,198,000 source |
| Net margin Mixed reporting concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss, us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, us-gaap:Revenues. Ticker concepts: BJ -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; COST -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:Revenues; DG -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; DLTR -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:Revenues; FIVE -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; OLLI -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; TGT -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; WMT -> us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss + us-gaap:Revenues. | 2.94% source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 3.07% source | 3.54% source | 2.70% source | 3.54% source | 6.61% source | 7.53% source | 9.08% source |
| Operating margin Mixed reporting concepts: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss, us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, us-gaap:Revenues. Ticker concepts: BJ -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; COST -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:Revenues; DG -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; DLTR -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:Revenues; FIVE -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; OLLI -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; TGT -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; WMT -> us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss + us-gaap:Revenues. | 3.77% source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 4.18% source | 4.88% source | 3.81% source | 5.16% source | 8.52% source | 9.60% source | 11.24% source |
| Free cash flow Mixed reporting concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities, us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations, us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets, us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Ticker concepts: BJ -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; COST -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; DG -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets; DLTR -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets; FIVE -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; OLLI -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; TGT -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; WMT -> us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities + us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. | 7,837,000,000 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 14,923,000,000 source | 2,835,000,000 source | 328,008,000 source | 2,393,338,000 source | 1,056,700,000 source | 411,687,000 source | 194,660,000 source |
| Capital expenditures Mixed reporting concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets, us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Ticker concepts: BJ -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; COST -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; DG -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets; DLTR -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets; FIVE -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; OLLI -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; TGT -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; WMT -> us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. | 5,498,000,000 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 26,642,000,000 source | 3,727,000,000 source | 702,048,000 source | 1,241,162,000 source | 1,134,000,000 source | 174,741,000 source | 101,879,000 source |
| Dividends paid Mixed reporting concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends, us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock. Ticker concepts: BJ -> us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends; COST -> us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; DG -> us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; TGT -> us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock; WMT -> us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock. | 2,183,000,000 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 7,507,000,000 source | 2,053,000,000 source | 25,000 source Day-level period offset: different fiscal year (364 days before row reference) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 519,510,000 source | Not available. | Not available. | Not available. |
| Share buybacks | 903,000,000 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 8,088,000,000 source | 408,000,000 source | 286,787,000 source | Not available. | 1,548,000,000 source | 0.00 source | 73,847,000 source |
| Assets | 77,099,000,000 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | 284,668,000,000 source | 59,490,000,000 source | 7,510,475,000 source | 30,963,730,000 source | 13,466,200,000 source | 4,937,019,000 source | 2,954,953,000 source |
| Liabilities / equity | 1.64 source Day-level period offset: about 5 months before row reference (-153d) vs row reference 2026-01-31; offset. | Not available. | Not available. | 2.42 source | 2.64 source | 2.59 source | 1.25 source | 0.57 source |
Code-computed comparisons
- Reported net margin range: range endpoints are BJ (2.70%) and OLLI (9.08%).
- Latest reported revenue range: range endpoints are OLLI (2,649,198,000) and WMT (713,163,000,000).
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Narrative Matrix
| Dimension | WMT | TGT | DG | FIVE | OLLI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business model | — | — | In its latest annual MD&A, DG describes this business model item. We are the largest discount retailer in the United States by number of stores, with 20,959 stores located in 48 U.S. states and Mexico as of February 27, 2026, with the greatest concentration of stores in the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States. company page · source filing · filed 2026-03-20 | In its latest annual MD&A, FIVE describes this business model item. (collectively referred to herein with its wholly owned subsidiaries as "we," "us," or "our") is a rapidly growing specialty value retailer offering a broad range of trend-right, high-quality products loved by the kid and the kid in all of us. company page · source filing · filed 2026-03-19 | — |
| Stated strategy in filings | In its latest annual MD&A, WMT describes this stated strategy in filings item. This includes increasing comparable store and club sales through increasing membership at Sam's Club U.S. and through Walmart+, accelerating eCommerce sales growth and expansion of omnichannel initiatives that complement our strategy. company page · source filing · filed 2026-03-13 | In its latest annual MD&A, TGT describes this stated strategy in filings item. Against this backdrop, we took decisive actions to strengthen our business and position Target for long-term growth with a clear strategic focus around four priorities: leading with merchandising authority; elevating the guest experience; accelerating technology; and strengthening team and communities. company page · source filing · filed 2026-03-11 | — | — | In its latest annual MD&A, OLLI describes this stated strategy in filings item. Since the founding of Ollie’s in 1982, our principal growth strategy has been the opening of new stores. company page · source filing · filed 2026-03-19 |
Provenance
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