** Shares of Dollar Tree DLTR.O are up 5.8% in afternoon trading on Tues after Dollar General DG.N raised its annual targets, with Dollar Tree due to report its qtrly results before the bell on Wed

** Shares of Dollar General were last up 15.2%

** Analysts expect DLTR Q1 rev down ~41% to $4.54 bln vs $7.63 bln a yr ago and ~16% drop in EPS to $1.20/shr vs $1.43 a yr ago, according to LSEG

** Wells Fargo this week raised its target price on DLTR to $105 from $90

** The median 12-mo PT on DLTR is $90.00, up from $82 a month ago; the stock was last at $96.56

** In mid-May Dollar Tree surpassed 9,000 stores across N. America

** Analyst recommendations on DLTR include 10 "strong buy" or "buy" ratings, 16 "hold" ratings and one "sell" rating

** Including session move, DLTR is up 29% YTD compared with a 0.5% YTD gain in the Nasdaq .IXIC

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch)

((caroline.valetkevitch@thomsonreuters.com))