KSS vs. DDS, M, JWN, BURL, TXRH, WING, KMX, BBWI, PFGC, and PAG
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), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), CarMax (KMX), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Performance Food Group (PFGC), and Penske Automotive Group (PAG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Kohl's has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Kohl's received 390 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Kohl's presently has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.82%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 25.37%. Given Kohl's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Kohl's' net margin of 1.81%. Dillard's' return on equity of 39.41% beat Kohl's' return on equity.
In the previous week, Kohl's had 13 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kohl's and 6 mentions for Dillard's. Kohl's' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Dillard's' score of 0.55 indicating that Kohl's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.0% of Kohl's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Kohl's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kohl's pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's pays out 2.3% 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.
Summary
Kohl's and Dillard's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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