JWN vs. DDS, M, KSS, GAP, ANF, URBN, AEO, BKE, LE, and DXLG
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), GAP (GAP), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Lands' End (LE), and Destination XL Group (DXLG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Nordstrom vs.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Nordstrom had 19 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Nordstrom and 6 mentions for Dillard's. Nordstrom's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Dillard's' score of 0.44 indicating that Nordstrom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nordstrom received 579 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.97% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 57.88% of users gave Nordstrom an outperform vote.
Dillard's presently has a consensus price target of $324.00, suggesting a potential downside of 30.33%. Nordstrom has a consensus price target of $22.17, suggesting a potential downside of 8.08%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nordstrom is more favorable than Dillard's.
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 3.2%. Dillard's pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordstrom pays out 48.4% 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.
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.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dillard's and Nordstrom tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JWN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff