KSS vs. DDS, M, JWN, BURL, TXRH, WING, KMX, BBWI, PFGC, and PAG
Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Burlington Stores (BURL), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), CarMax (KMX), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Performance Food Group (PFGC), and Penske Automotive Group (PAG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Kohl's received 392 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 57.90% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 1.60%. Kohl's' return on equity of 39.41% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, suggesting a potential downside of 25.52%. Kohl's has a consensus price target of $22.44, suggesting a potential upside of 0.24%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Dillard's.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Kohl's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kohl's pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Dillard's has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Dillard's has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Kohl's has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kohl's. Kohl's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dillard's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kohl's had 50 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Kohl's and 2 mentions for Dillard's. Kohl's' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Dillard's' score of 0.05 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dillard's beats Kohl's on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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