Dollar Tree reports earnings on November 17 and Dollar General reports on December 5.
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It competes mainly with Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, but also with Target and Wal-Mart.
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Elsewhere in the discount retail industry, Family Dollar Stores rose 1.1% and Dollar Tree gained 0.9%.
Dollar Tree, for its part, has risen no less than 82.8% over the same period.
Competition is intense in the dollar store segment, with Dollar Tree ( DLTR) competing directly with FDO.
Off by more than 2% and closing lower for a second straight session are shares of Dollar Tree.
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Housing growth has also fueled growth in restaurants and retail chains, including 7-11, Dollar Stores and Dollar Tree.
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.
Shares of Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Stores and Dollar General were all in the red after the latter reported earnings Tuesday morning.
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Analysts say businesses like Dollar Tree and Dollar General have positioned themselves to draw shoppers from grocery stores and big-box retailers.
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Bargain centers, such as Dollar Tree and Dollar General, are thought to have attracted greater sales as Americans focused on their budgets.
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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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Analysts say competitors like Target and Costco, as well as discount chains like Dollar Tree and Dollar General, could be seeing fewer customers.
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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).
It starts as an exit off the Dumbarton Bridge, which cuts across the southern edge of San Francisco Bay, runs though rough-and-tumble East Palo Alto, then tree-lined stretches dotted with multimillion-dollar mansions, and eventually hits, as the name implies, the Stanford campus.
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