DDS vs. M, JWN, KSS, BURL, DECK, EBAY, DLTR, QSR, CVNA, and BBY
Should you be buying Dillard's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dillard's include Macy's (M), Nordstrom (JWN), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), eBay (EBAY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Carvana (CVNA), and Best Buy (BBY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Macy's (NYSE:M) and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
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.
In the previous week, Macy's and Macy's both had 11 articles in the media. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Macy's' score of 0.65 indicating that Macy's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Macy's pays out 2,300.0% 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 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Macy's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 0.05%. Macy's' return on equity of 39.41% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
Macy's received 502 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Macy's has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Macy's currently has a consensus target price of $17.70, indicating a potential downside of 3.96%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 22.57%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Summary
Macy's beats Dillard's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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