Competition is intense in the dollar store segment, with Dollar Tree ( DLTR) competing directly with FDO.
One of the best-performing retail stocks is Dollar Tree ( DLTR), which broke through two-month resistance, line e, on Monday.
Other discount retailers that have begun to pullback from recent highs include Family Dollar (FDO) and Dollar Tree (DLTR).
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On the earnings front, discount retailer Dollar Tree (DLTR) beat earnings expectations with a 16 percent increase in its fourth quarter.
The M100 unwound their positions completely last week in Dollar Trees Stores (nasdaq: DLTR - news - people ).
Dollar Tree (DLTR), in particular, is generating a lot of buzz, up 9 percent since August 18 while the market has slid nearly 3 percent.
Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR) and Family Dollar are all trading near new highs and riding atop their 10-, 50- and 200-day moving averages.
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Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), and other dollar stores are also both doing a great job of attracting lower income customers.
Among the largest underlying components of IJH, in trading today Borgwarner Incorporated ( BWA) is up about 1.2%, and Dollar Tree Incorporated ( DLTR) is higher by about 0.4%.
Among the largest underlying components of SPLV, in trading today AutoZone, Inc. ( NYSE: AZO) is up about 0.4%, Dollar Tree, Inc. ( NASD: DLTR) is up about 0.6%, and Target Corp ( NYSE: TGT) is lower by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of MDY, in trading today Dollar Tree, Inc. ( NASD: DLTR) is off about 1%, Perrigo Company ( NASD: PRGO) is off about 3.3%, and Kansas City Southern ( NYSE: KSU) is lower by about 1.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of VO, in trading today Ross Stores, Inc. ( NASD: ROST) is off about 0.4%, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ( NYSE: AVB) is off about 0.1%, and Dollar Tree, Inc. ( NASD: DLTR) is lower by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of VO, in trading today Ross Stores, Inc. ( NASD: ROST) is up about 0.3%, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ( NYSE: AVB) is down about 1.3%, and Dollar Tree, Inc. ( NASD: DLTR) is up by about 0.3%.
All of these companies pay silent dividends averaging at least 5% annually: Amgen ( AMGN, 52) , AutoZone ( AZO, 213) , Directv (DTV, 38) , Dollar Tree (DLTR, 45) , Laboratory Corp. of America (LH, 76) and Waters (WAT, 63) .
Among the largest underlying components of MDY, in trading today Green Mountain Coffee Roasters ( NASD: GMCR) is off about 2%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ( NASD: VRTX) is off about 1%, and Dollar Tree Incorporated ( NASD: DLTR) is higher by about 0.8%.
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Among the largest underlying components of MDY, in trading today Dollar Tree, Inc. ( NASD: DLTR) is down about 0.8%, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc ( NASD: GMCR) is up about 5.7%, and Perrigo Company ( NASD: PRGO) is higher by about 1%.
But when really hard economic times hit, when sustained high unemployment sends the number of Americans living on the edge of poverty sharply higher, those mainstream retailers lose market share to ultra-discounters like Family Dollar, Dollar General ( DG) and Dollar Tree ( DLTR).
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