DDS vs. M, KSS, BURL, LAD, MNSO, SFM, FIVE, ANF, AN, and GPS
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), MINISO Group (MNSO), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Five Below (FIVE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), AutoNation (AN), and GAP (GPS). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Dillard's presently has a consensus target price of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.98%. Macy's has a consensus target price of $17.45, indicating a potential downside of 10.44%. Given Macy's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
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.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.45%. Dillard's' return on equity of 39.41% beat Macy's' return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Macy's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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%. Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% 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.
Macy's received 501 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Macy's had 3 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Macy's and 15 mentions for Dillard's. Macy's' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Dillard's' score of 0.61 indicating that Macy's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Macy's beats Dillard's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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