What is Dollar Tree's price / earnings?

Dollar Tree (DLTR) reported price / earnings of 14.9× in Q1 2026.

What does price / earnings mean?

How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.

How do you interpret price / earnings?

Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.

How does price / earnings compare across companies?

Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.

Dollar Tree DLTR Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

TargetTGT

16.7×+6.2×

Dollar GeneralDG

16.3×-1.6×

Walmart WMT

46.3×+5.5×

Costco WholesaleCOST

48×-9.6×

AmazonAMZN

28.3×-2.3×

Church & DwightCHD

30.2×-16.7×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.0B+7.2%

Gross profit$1.8B+11.0%

Operating income$473.3M+23.2%

Net income$347.3M+1.1%

EPS (diluted)$1.76+9.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.0B-23.2%

Total debt$7.6B+9.9%

Total equity$3.5B-10.2%

Total assets$13.8B-24.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$644.0M+70.2%

CapEx$252.5M+1.5%

Free cash flow$391.5M+202%

Valuation

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Market cap$20.45B+9.7%

Enterprise value$27.04B+11.6%

P/S1×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.7%+0.9pp

Operating margin8.8%+0.7pp

Net margin6.5%+3.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity34.7%+21.6pp

Debt / equity2.2×+0.4×

Current ratio1.2×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Dollar Tree’s reported figures.

market cap/net income=14.9×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Dollar Tree’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Dollar Tree's price / earnings?: Dollar Tree (DLTR) reported price / earnings of 14.9× in Q1 2026.
What does price / earnings mean?: How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?: Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?: Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.