JWN vs. DDS, M, KSS, GAP, URBN, ANF, AEO, BKE, LE, and PLCE
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), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Lands' End (LE), and Children's Place (PLCE). 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordstrom has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dillard's and Dillard's both had 10 articles in the media. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Nordstrom's score of 0.74 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Nordstrom shares are held by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Nordstrom shares are held 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.
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.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Nordstrom pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dillard's pays out 2.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordstrom pays out 44.2% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $326.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.07%. Nordstrom has a consensus target price of $22.90, suggesting a potential downside of 6.09%. Given Nordstrom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nordstrom is more favorable than Dillard's.
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.
Summary
Dillard's beats Nordstrom on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JWN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
