Dillard's (DDS) Competitors

Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Is JWN or DDS more profitable?

Dillard's has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Nordstrom's net margin of -1.57%. Dillard's' return on equity of 32.13% beat Nordstrom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordstrom	-1.57%	-18.04%	-1.87%
Dillard's	9.55%	32.13%	15.84%

Do analysts rate JWN or DDS?

Nordstrom currently has a consensus price target of $22.90, suggesting a potential downside of 6.15%. Dillard's has a consensus price target of $326.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.33%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nordstrom is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nordstrom	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Dillard's	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the media prefer JWN or DDS?

In the previous week, Nordstrom and Nordstrom both had 9 articles in the media. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Nordstrom's score of 0.76 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nordstrom	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dillard's	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JWN or DDS?

88.7% of Nordstrom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, JWN or DDS?

Nordstrom has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JWN or DDS a better dividend stock?

Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Nordstrom pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's pays out 2.7% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JWN or DDS?

Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nordstrom	$15.02B	0.27	$134M	$1.72	14.19
Dillard's	$6.59B	0.89	$738.85M	$36.89	9.97

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JWN or DDS?

Nordstrom received 584 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.86% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.03% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nordstrom	Outperform Votes 1015 58.03%	Underperform Votes 734 41.97%
Dillard's	Outperform Votes 431 59.86%	Underperform Votes 289 40.14%

Summary

Dillard's beats Nordstrom on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.