M vs. DDS, KSS, BURL, GLBE, ZGN, GME, AEO, BECN, SHAK, and ABG
Should you be buying Macy's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macy's include Dillard's (DDS), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Global-E Online (GLBE), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), GameStop (GME), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Asbury Automotive Group (ABG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Macy's (NYSE:M) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Macy's has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
87.4% of Macy's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Macy's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Macy's presently has a consensus price target of $17.45, suggesting a potential downside of 10.44%. Dillard's has a consensus price target of $320.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.57%. Given Macy's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
In the previous week, Macy's had 4 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Macy's and 2 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Macy's' score of 0.50 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. 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 pays out 2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
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 59.59% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
Summary
Macy's and Dillard's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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