KSS vs. M, DDS, HGTY, ACVA, EAT, BOOT, TRIP, PSMT, RUSHB, and TGLS
Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Macy's (M), Dillard's (DDS), Hagerty (HGTY), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Brinker International (EAT), Boot Barn (BOOT), Tripadvisor (TRIP), PriceSmart (PSMT), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), and Tecnoglass (TGLS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Macy's (NYSE:M) and Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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. Kohl's pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Kohl's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Macy'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 is poised for long-term growth.
Macy's presently has a consensus price target of $17.45, suggesting a potential downside of 11.04%. Kohl's has a consensus price target of $24.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.20%. Given Macy's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Macy's.
Macy's has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kohl's has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kohl's has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Kohl's' net margin of 0.45%. Kohl's' return on equity of 23.34% beat Macy's' return on equity.
Macy's received 111 more outperform votes than Kohl's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.59% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.
Kohl's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Macy's. Kohl'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.
In the previous week, Macy's had 3 more articles in the media than Kohl's. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Macy's and 13 mentions for Kohl's. Kohl's' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Macy's' score of 0.49 indicating that Macy's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Macy's beats Kohl's on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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