BURL vs. DDS, M, KSS, ORLY, ROST, AZO, JD, YUM, CPNG, and KR
Should you be buying Burlington Stores stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burlington Stores include Dillard's (DDS), Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Ross Stores (ROST), AutoZone (AZO), JD.com (JD), Yum! Brands (YUM), Coupang (CPNG), and Kroger (KR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dillard's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Burlington Stores. Dillard's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 28 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Burlington Stores and 11 mentions for Dillard's. Burlington Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Dillard's' score of 0.54 indicating that Burlington Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Burlington Stores presently has a consensus target price of $246.87, indicating a potential upside of 5.44%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 22.23%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Dillard's.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Burlington Stores received 348 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Burlington Stores' net margin of 3.87%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 46.39% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
Summary
Burlington Stores beats Dillard's on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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