JWN vs. DDS, M, KSS, ANF, GPS, AEO, BKE, LE, DXLG, and PLCE
Should you be buying Nordstrom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordstrom include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), GAP (GPS), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Lands' End (LE), Destination XL Group (DXLG), and Children's Place (PLCE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) 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, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Dillard's has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Nordstrom shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordstrom pays out 41.5% 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 and Nordstrom has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Nordstrom received 573 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nordstrom had 42 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Nordstrom and 2 mentions for Dillard's. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Dillard's' score of 0.40 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dillard's currently has a consensus target price of $332.50, suggesting a potential downside of 25.67%. Nordstrom has a consensus target price of $17.42, suggesting a potential downside of 21.19%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nordstrom is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of -1.35%. Nordstrom's return on equity of 39.41% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nordstrom. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordstrom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dillard's beats Nordstrom on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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