Better Buy: Costco vs. Dollar General

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG) are both resilient retailers. Both companies opened new stores as other brick-and-mortar stores succumbed to the ongoing retail apocalypse, and they handily weathered the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year.

Over the past 12 months, shares of both companies rose more than 30% as the S&P 500 advanced about 16%. Let's see why Costco and Dollar General outperformed the broader market last year, and see if one is a better overall investment today.

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