DDS vs. COST, ROST, ULTA, BKE, BOOT, KR, M, WMT, KSS, and DRI
Should you be buying Dillard's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dillard's include Costco Wholesale (COST), Ross Stores (ROST), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Buckle (BKE), Boot Barn (BOOT), Kroger (KR), Macy's (M), Walmart (WMT), Kohl's (KSS), and Darden Restaurants (DRI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's vs. Its Competitors
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 97 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 109 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 12 mentions for Dillard's. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Dillard's' score of 0.81 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dillard's has a net margin of 8.93% compared to Costco Wholesale's net margin of 2.92%. Dillard's' return on equity of 30.52% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dillard's pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.5% 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 14 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Costco Wholesale is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than Dillard's. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dillard's currently has a consensus price target of $359.33, indicating a potential downside of 23.36%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus price target of $1,037.48, indicating a potential upside of 8.92%. Given Costco Wholesale's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Costco Wholesale beats Dillard's on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DDS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
