M vs. DDS, JWN, KSS, BURL, DPZ, CASY, DG, SN, DLTR, and CHWY
Should you be buying Macy's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macy's include Dillard's (DDS), Nordstrom (JWN), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Dollar General (DG), SharkNinja (SN), Dollar Tree (DLTR), and Chewy (CHWY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Macy's vs.
Macy's (NYSE:M) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Dillard's had 6 more articles in the media than Macy's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dillard's and 1 mentions for Macy's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Macy's' score of 0.07 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Macy's has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Macy's received 505 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 58.34% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a net margin of 9.55% compared to Macy's' net margin of 0.73%. Dillard's' return on equity of 32.13% beat Macy's' return on equity.
Macy's presently has a consensus target price of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.37%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $325.00, suggesting a potential downside of 32.74%. Given Macy's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Macy's. Dillard'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.
87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Macy's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. 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. Dillard's pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dillard's has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Summary
Dillard's beats Macy's on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:M) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
