BURL vs. DDS, M, KSS, ORLY, ROST, AZO, JD, YUM, CPNG, and KR
Should you be buying Burlington Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burlington Stores include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Ross Stores (ROST), AutoZone (AZO), JD.com (JD), Yum! Brands (YUM), Coupang (CPNG), and Kroger (KR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Burlington Stores received 348 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Burlington Stores. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 22.57%. Burlington Stores has a consensus price target of $246.87, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Dillard's.
In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 5 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Burlington Stores and 9 mentions for Dillard's. Burlington Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Dillard's' score of 0.69 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 3.87%. Dillard's' return on equity of 46.39% beat Burlington Stores' return on equity.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Burlington Stores beats Dillard's on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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