Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. TGT scored 46.7, SFM scored 70.0 — SFM leads.
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TGT
Target Corporation
Discount Stores · Quality-Growth
46.7
$153.64 · $69.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
23.3
SFM leads
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
Grocery Stores · Quality-Growth
70
$65.14 · $6.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestSFM12.5x
Fastest growthSFM+7.2%
Strongest balance sheetTGT1.08
Highest qualitySFM77 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueSFM-22%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
TGT
stronger →← stronger
SFM
69
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
47
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
60
32
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
75
SFM is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
TGT
SFM
$4.5bB
FCF
$357mC
+2.0%C
Rev
+7.2%B
1.08C+
D/E
1.40C+
16.1xB+
P/E
12.5xA-
2.12C
PEG
1.39B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
TGT
SFM
8% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
22% below
~5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~0%/yr
-6%
1-yr DCF upside
+22%
-8%
5-yr DCF upside
+28%
-11%
10-yr DCF upside
+37%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
TGT
Why this score
Durable high returns
SFM
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
TGTTarget Corporation
Discount Stores · $153.64 · beta 0.98
Why now
Discount Stores · market cap $69.8b. 10% off the 52-week high of $170.75. 34 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $164.68 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
ROE 25% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 101% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $69.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Net margin 4.1% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
SFMSprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
Grocery Stores · $65.14 · beta 0.67
Why now
Grocery Stores · market cap $6.1b. Down 43% from 52-week high of $114.34 — deep drawdown territory. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $93.57 (implying +44% upside).
Moat
ROE 34% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Down 43% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where TGT and SFM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 23.3 points in favor of SFM. The widest single difference is Value, where SFM leads by 43.2 points.
ValueTGT 31.6 · SFM 74.8SFM +43.2
GrowthTGT 46.5 · SFM 59.6SFM +13.1
QualityTGT 69.4 · SFM 77.0SFM +7.6
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SFM or TGT the better stock?
SFM scores higher: SFM 70.0, TGT 46.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SFM and TGT differ most?
The widest gap is value, where SFM leads by 43 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. SFM leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are SFM and TGT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.