M vs. DDS, JWN, KSS, BURL, BBY, ULTA, DKS, WSM, DPZ, and BLDR
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), Best Buy (BBY), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), and Builders FirstSource (BLDR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Dillard's (NYSE:DDS) and Macy's (NYSE:M) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Macy's pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Dillard's pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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.
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.
In the previous week, Dillard's had 1 more articles in the media than Macy's. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Dillard's and 11 mentions for Macy's. 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 news media.
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.
Dillard's has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
67.2% of Dillard's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macy's shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Dillard's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Macy's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dillard's presently has a consensus price target of $332.50, suggesting a potential downside of 22.57%. Macy's has a consensus price target of $17.70, suggesting a potential downside of 3.96%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
Dillard's has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macy's has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Macy's beats Dillard's on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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