KSS vs. DDS, M, JWN, BURL, PAG, TPR, CAVA, LEVI, ANF, and TPX
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), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Tapestry (TPR), CAVA Group (CAVA), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), and Tempur Sealy International (TPX). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Kohl's has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% 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.
Kohl's received 392 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.46% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 57.90% of users gave Kohl's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Kohl's' net margin of 1.60%. Dillard's' return on equity of 39.41% beat Kohl's' return on equity.
Kohl's pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Dillard's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kohl's pays out 80.6% 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Dillard's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kohl's had 1 more articles in the media than Dillard's. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kohl's and 12 mentions for Dillard's. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kohl's' score of -0.03 indicating that Dillard's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kohl's currently has a consensus target price of $22.44, indicating a potential downside of 1.65%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $332.50, indicating a potential downside of 22.57%. Given Kohl's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kohl's is more favorable than Dillard's.
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.
Summary
Dillard's beats Kohl's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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