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Kohl's (KSS) Competitors

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$14.17 +0.31 (+2.24%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

KSS vs. M, JWN, DDS, BURL, FIVE, EAT, GPI, SHAK, NSIT, and URBN

Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Dillard's (DDS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Five Below (FIVE), Brinker International (EAT), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), and Urban Outfitters (URBN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Kohl's vs.

Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) and Macy's (NYSE:M) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Kohl's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macy's. Kohl's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macy's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kohl's$16.78B0.09$317M$2.226.38
Macy's$23.37B0.19$105M$0.5927.53

Macy's received 110 more outperform votes than Kohl's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.32% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote while only 57.35% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kohl'sOutperform Votes
819
57.35%
Underperform Votes
609
42.65%
Macy'sOutperform Votes
929
58.32%
Underperform Votes
664
41.68%

Kohl's has a net margin of 1.47% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.73%. Macy's' return on equity of 21.99% beat Kohl's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kohl's1.47% 6.44% 1.72%
Macy's 0.73%21.99%5.60%

Kohl's currently has a consensus price target of $17.22, indicating a potential upside of 21.54%. Macy's has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Kohl's' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Macy's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kohl's
3 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.70
Macy's
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

Kohl's has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macy's has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Macy's had 3 more articles in the media than Kohl's. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Macy's and 13 mentions for Kohl's. Kohl's' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Macy's' score of 0.07 indicating that Kohl's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kohl's
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Macy's
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

98.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Kohl's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Macy's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Kohl's pays out 90.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macy's pays out 116.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kohl's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Macy's beats Kohl's on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KSS vs. The Competition

MetricKohl'sDepartment stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.58B$6.45B$24.60B$19.19B
Dividend Yield13.98%2.28%165.84%3.58%
P/E Ratio6.3882.03108.7941.22
Price / Sales0.0910.463.7417.58
Price / Cash1.537.1321.7321.28
Price / Book0.413.955.425.32
Net Income$317M$386.34M$675.22M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.25%-0.60%-2.92%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-13.68%0.30%0.23%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-48.78%3.07%8.77%12.06%

Kohl's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KSS
Kohl's
4.3534 of 5 stars
$14.17
+2.2%
$17.22
+21.5%
-47.9%$1.58B$16.78B6.3896,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
M
Macy's
4.379 of 5 stars
$16.87
+1.9%
$18.56
+10.0%
-18.1%$4.68B$23.37B28.3785,581
JWN
Nordstrom
3.8075 of 5 stars
$23.23
+0.2%
$21.29
-8.3%
+36.1%$3.83B$15.11B14.7654,000
DDS
Dillard's
3.2293 of 5 stars
$427.82
+0.9%
$324.00
-24.3%
+11.8%$6.80B$6.70B10.9429,600
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.3312 of 5 stars
$291.29
+0.5%
$308.00
+5.7%
+51.3%$18.49B$10.48B40.0071,049
FIVE
Five Below
3.4522 of 5 stars
$106.57
+2.5%
$116.15
+9.0%
-45.6%$5.86B$3.82B21.4522,000Analyst Revision
EAT
Brinker International
3.6789 of 5 stars
$131.47
+2.8%
$91.38
-30.5%
+224.8%$5.84B$4.42B31.1868,852Analyst Upgrade
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2806 of 5 stars
$426.70
-0.1%
$437.67
+2.6%
+42.3%$5.68B$17.87B11.3816,011Insider Trade
Positive News
SHAK
Shake Shack
2.4168 of 5 stars
$131.35
-0.2%
$112.94
-14.0%
+77.5%$5.58B$1.09B774.0612,196Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NSIT
Insight Enterprises
3.9968 of 5 stars
$164.39
+3.4%
$212.50
+29.3%
-13.9%$5.22B$8.87B19.9914,437
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.0018 of 5 stars
$54.89
+4.7%
$46.27
-15.7%
+50.9%$5.07B$5.15B15.0328,000

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This page (NYSE:KSS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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