Company Analysis

Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR)

Nasdaq: DLTR · Retail-Variety Stores · Chesapeake, VA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.4
◀ Past 3.3● Present 5.4▶ Future 7.1

The grade of Dollar Tree Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past3.325% of the headline
● Present5.445% of the headline
▶ Future7.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-12-01.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2021-12-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $21 billion in fiscal 2017 to $19 billion in fiscal 2026, down 0.7% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 41% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.7%bottom 5% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 30% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 15% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak41.4%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.7% a year. 36% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 90th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Dollar Tree Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 36% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 34%: 34¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 72%: owes 72¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Dollar Tree Inc. earned about 34 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 72 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • return on equitytop 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 47% of 10 in its family; net margin 6.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $19 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 39% by size; a net margin of 6.6% ranks in the top 35%; revenue growth of 8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$19.40Bbottom 39% of its family
  • net margin6.6%top 35% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.0%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 18% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Creedon, Michael C Jr (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-04-02, 1.6 years (bottom 31% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.1 years (bottom 17%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 6%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 18 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.1 yearsbottom 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.6 yearsbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 48% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $718 million against debt of $2.4 billion leaves -12.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.4% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 36.4% (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-12.7%bottom 15% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.4%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin36.4%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 22% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 8% a year over the last three filed years against -0.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 5% of its family); the newest year grew 10.5% (top 45%); capital spending grew 21% a year (top 17%) (its annual reports). Dollar Tree Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: Consumable at $9.4 billion (49%), Variety at $8.9 billion (46%), Seasonal at $1.1 billion (6%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+8.7 points a yeartop 5% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending21.0%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 22% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dollar Tree Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $19 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 3.4% above the $19 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $1.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $804 million (top 15%); a net margin of 6.6% against -4.2% before (top 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.4%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+259%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+10.9 pointstop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DLTR · research, not advice