DDS vs. M, JWN, KSS, BURL, DECK, EBAY, DLTR, QSR, CVNA, and BLDR
Should you be buying Dillard's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dillard's include Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), eBay (EBAY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Carvana (CVNA), and Builders FirstSource (BLDR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Macy's (NYSE:M) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Macy's received 502 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 25.67%. Macy's has a consensus price target of $17.73, indicating a potential downside of 9.00%. Given Macy's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Macy's has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macy's. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.05%. Dillard's' return on equity of 39.41% beat Macy's' return on equity.
In the previous week, Macy's had 6 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Macy's and 2 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Macy's' score of 0.82 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's pays out 2,300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Macy's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dillard's and Macy's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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