From its fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2024 (which ended last September), Costco's annual revenue and EPS rose at CAGRs of 8% and 14% ...

Dollar General trades at 20 times forward earnings and pays a forward dividend yield of 2.2%. Dollar Tree trades at 21 times forward earnings but doesn't pay a dividend.

Sales of new cars and trucks rebounded in September in a sign that consumer spending was fairly robust in the third quarter, keeping the U.S. economic expansion on an even keel.