DDS vs. M, KSS, BURL, LAD, SFM, AN, ANF, MNSO, NSIT, and FIVE
Should you be buying Dillard's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dillard's include Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Lithia Motors (LAD), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), AutoNation (AN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), MINISO Group (MNSO), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), and Five Below (FIVE). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
Macy's received 501 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.54% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.45%. Dillard's' return on equity of 40.90% beat Macy's' return on equity.
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 3.6%. Dillard's pays out 2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's pays out 186.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Dillard's has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Macy's has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Macy's had 5 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Macy's and 2 mentions for Dillard's. Macy's' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Dillard's' score of 0.32 indicating that Macy's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $320.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.59%. Macy's has a consensus target price of $17.45, suggesting a potential downside of 8.42%. Given Macy's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Summary
Macy's beats Dillard's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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