ROST vs. JWN, TJX, ANF, GPS, AEO, URBN, FL, BKE, CAL, and GES
Should you be buying Ross Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ross Stores include Nordstrom (JWN), TJX Companies (TJX), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), GAP (GPS), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Foot Locker (FL), Buckle (BKE), Caleres (CAL), and Guess? (GES).
Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.60% compared to Nordstrom's net margin of -1.35%. Ross Stores' return on equity of 42.24% beat Nordstrom's return on equity.
Ross Stores pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ross Stores pays out 24.8% 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.
Nordstrom received 36 more outperform votes than Ross Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave Ross Stores an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.
Ross Stores presently has a consensus target price of $156.58, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Nordstrom has a consensus target price of $17.42, indicating a potential downside of 21.19%. Given Ross Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than Nordstrom.
86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Nordstrom shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ross Stores shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ross Stores has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ross Stores has higher revenue and earnings than Nordstrom. Nordstrom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ross Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nordstrom had 8 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Nordstrom and 36 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Nordstrom's score of 0.43 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ross Stores beats Nordstrom on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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