DDS vs. M, KSS, BURL, LAD, CAVA, MNSO, W, SFM, GPS, and AN
Should you be buying Dillard's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dillard's include Macy's (M), Kohl's (KSS), Burlington Stores (BURL), Lithia Motors (LAD), CAVA Group (CAVA), MINISO Group (MNSO), Wayfair (W), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), GAP (GPS), and AutoNation (AN). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Macy's has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dillard's has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Macy's and Macy's both had 4 articles in the media. Dillard's' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Macy's' score of 0.90 indicating that Macy's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Macy's presently has a consensus target price of $17.45, indicating a potential downside of 5.29%. Dillard's has a consensus target price of $305.67, indicating a potential downside of 31.92%. Given Dillard's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Macy's is more favorable than Dillard's.
87.4% of Macy's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Dillard's shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Macy'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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Macy's received 501 more outperform votes than Dillard's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.54% of users gave Dillard's an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Macy's an outperform vote.
Dillard's has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Dillard's' net margin of 0.45%. Macy's' return on equity of 40.90% beat Dillard's' return on equity.
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.
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 186.5% 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 2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Macy's has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Dillard's has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Macy's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Macy's beats Dillard's on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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