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Kohl's (KSS) Competitors

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$16.32 -0.70 (-4.11%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KSS vs. DDS, M, JWN, BURL, WBA, ANF, BECN, BBWI, AN, and LEVI

Should you be buying Kohl's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kohl's include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Burlington Stores (BURL), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), AutoNation (AN), and Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Kohl's vs.

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

Kohl's received 391 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.06% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dillard'sOutperform Votes
427
60.06%
Underperform Votes
284
39.94%
Kohl'sOutperform Votes
818
57.65%
Underperform Votes
601
42.35%

67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Kohl's shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Kohl's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dillard's has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kohl's has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dillard's has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Kohl's' net margin of 1.66%. Dillard's' return on equity of 32.13% beat Kohl's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dillard's9.55% 32.13% 15.84%
Kohl's 1.66%7.43%1.96%

In the previous week, Dillard's had 15 more articles in the media than Kohl's. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Dillard's and 12 mentions for Kohl's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Kohl's' score of 0.39 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Dillard's pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kohl's pays out 78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dillard's has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Dillard's currently has a consensus target price of $324.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.71%. Kohl's has a consensus target price of $20.43, indicating a potential upside of 25.21%. Given Kohl's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Dillard's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dillard's
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Kohl's
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dillard's$6.75B1.00$738.85M$38.8510.79
Kohl's$17.12B0.11$317M$2.556.40

Summary

Dillard's beats Kohl's on 13 of the 21 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$1.81B$7.42B$23.54B$19.89B
Dividend Yield11.50%2.12%168.62%3.54%
P/E Ratio6.4078.95116.7042.83
Price / Sales0.1111.866.5418.13
Price / Cash1.877.8920.0717.86
Price / Book0.465.056.265.52
Net Income$317M$386.34M$685.79M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-9.81%-0.87%-1.98%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-21.56%-0.81%-3.02%0.12%
1 Year Performance-34.37%9.57%14.74%23.71%

Kohl's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KSS
Kohl's
4.6797 of 5 stars
$16.32
-4.1%
$20.43
+25.2%
-34.4%$1.89B$17.48B6.4096,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DDS
Dillard's
3.4256 of 5 stars
$419.19
-1.8%
$324.00
-22.7%
+21.8%$6.91B$6.70B10.7929,600Analyst Revision
M
Macy's
4.2699 of 5 stars
$14.57
-3.8%
$20.43
+40.2%
-2.6%$4.04B$23.09B22.7785,581Upcoming Earnings
JWN
Nordstrom
3.7088 of 5 stars
$22.26
-1.9%
$20.58
-7.5%
+46.6%$3.72B$14.69B13.0154,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.5257 of 5 stars
$268.85
-1.9%
$297.56
+10.7%
+96.6%$17.11B$9.73B40.4371,049Upcoming Earnings
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance
4.0734 of 5 stars
$8.24
-0.6%
$12.88
+56.4%
-60.8%$7.17B$147.66B0.00312,000Ex-Dividend
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.5396 of 5 stars
$136.81
-4.0%
$177.43
+29.7%
+89.2%$6.99B$4.66B14.4931,700Upcoming Earnings
BECN
Beacon Roofing Supply
4.0134 of 5 stars
$108.94
-0.3%
$118.00
+8.3%
+33.4%$6.74B$9.12B18.628,063Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BBWI
Bath & Body Works
4.9849 of 5 stars
$30.52
+0.3%
$42.44
+39.0%
+5.0%$6.67B$7.43B7.3957,157Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AN
AutoNation
3.2295 of 5 stars
$164.85
+0.0%
$199.00
+20.7%
+21.2%$6.53B$26.95B9.5125,300
LEVI
Levi Strauss & Co.
4.5032 of 5 stars
$15.78
-1.3%
$22.75
+44.2%
+0.9%$6.34B$6.18B41.5319,100

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This page (NYSE:KSS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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